Law and Gender

Centre for International & Public Law (CIPL)

Law and gender

Law and Gender

People
News
Events
Related keywords
Books

Professor Peter Bailey AM OBE

Adjunct Professor

Research interests:

General Human Rights Law and Policy, Anti-Discrimination Law and Policy

Louise Baker

PhD Candidate

Amy Begley

Lecturer

Dr Dorota Anna Gozdecka SFHEA

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

Critical legal theory, Law and Humanities, International and European Human Rights, Feminist Legal Theory, Law and Cultural Difference

Judy Harrison

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

Access to Justice, Historical Injustice, Indigenous Perspectives on Law, Legal empowerment, Rural Issues, Law and development, Social justice, Advocacy, Lawyers and lawyering, Experiential Learning

Dr Anthony Hopkins

Senior Lecturer

Wendy Kukulies-Smith

Lecturer

Research interests:

General Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Procedure and Sentencing, Federal Criminal Law, Statutory Interpretation

Anne Macduff

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

Critical legal theory, Family law, Problem Based Learning, Wellbeing, Citizenship, Law and Cultural Difference

Dr Rebecca Monson

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment of the Poor, Climate Change and Natural Disasters, Property Law and Development, Feminist Legal Theory, Legal Geography, Postcolonial Legal Theory, Rule of Law Reform

Associate Professor Wayne Morgan

Associate Professor

Research interests:

General Human Rights Law and Policy, Anti-Discrimination Law and Policy, Property Law, Sexuality, International trade, Critical legal theory

Kate Ogg

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

General Human Rights Law and Policy, International and European Human Rights, Refugee Law, Forced Migration and Movement of Peoples, Evidence and Procedure

Dr Heather Roberts

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

Constitutional Courts, Constitutional History, Constitutional Rights, Gender and Constitutional Law, The Judicial System, Property Law

Professor Kim Rubenstein

Professor

Research interests:

Constitutional Law, Constitutional Courts, Constitutional History, Constitutional Reform, Constitutional Rights, Political Theory and Constitutional Law, Federalism, Gender and Constitutional Law, Parliamentary and Electoral Democracy, Separation of Powers, The Judicial System, Citizenship, Access to Government Information

Dr Skye Saunders

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

Labour Law, Rural Issues, Gender, Gender law

Professor Peta Spender FAAL

Professor

Research interests:

Corporations & Financial Markets Law, Evidence and Procedure

Pamela Taylor-Barnett

Lecturer

Research interests:

Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment of the Poor, Law reform, Law and justice monitoring and evaluation, Law and development, Health Justice Partnerships

Professor Margaret Thornton FASSA, FAAL

Professor

Research interests:

Feminist Legal Theory, Anti-Discrimination Law and Policy, The corporatisation of Universities

Latest news

Aug

2017

Explainer: with no free vote for now, where next for marriage equality?

Ryan Goss writes an explainer for The Conversation with his take on the fast-moving Marriage Equality plebiscite debate.

Jul

2017

Five more questions before you graduate: Ruohan Zhao

We spoke to newly minted ANU Law graduates and asked them five more questions.

Jul

2017

Five more questions before you graduate

We spoke to some newly minted ANU Law graduates and asked them to answer just a few more questions before graduation.

Apr

2017

Why we need transparency in judicial appointments

Giving birth is like "buying a bag of chips" - or at least that's what one male judge suggested. Law Professor Margaret Thornton raises important questions about the absence of transparency in federal judiciary appointments, and shows why transparency is crucial for gender justice.

Mar

2017

Paying the price of fairness

Speaking out against discrimination at work is far from easy. But, Dr Skye Saunders argues, it's necessary if we want a healthy workplace culture for women.

In the Media

May

2017

Grace Under Fire

Skye Saunders speaks to SBS Radio

Research theme:

Law and Gender

May

2017

Grace under fire - a film about rural women workers

Skye Saunders talks to Law Institute of Victoria Journal

Research theme:

Mar

2017

Peter Dutton insults women ... because Keysar Trad insulted women

Skye Saunders writes in Fairfax Media

Research theme:

Law and Gender

Feb

2017

Since age six, Canberra's Caitlin Figueiredo has dreamt of global unity

Caitlin Figueiredo interviewed by Canberra Times

Research theme:

Feb

2017

Ceremony matters: The lasting significance of the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Justice Susan Kiefel

Heather Roberts writes in Australian Public Law

Research theme:

Feb

2017

Australia's first female Chief Justice

Heather Roberts speaks to ABC Radio National Law Report

Research theme:

Nov

2016

First woman to become Australia's highest ranking judge

Heather Roberts comments on The Sydney Morning Herald

Research theme:

Nov

2016

The appointment of Justice Kiefel is refreshing, but the need for greater diversity is an ongoing task.

Kim Rubenstein writes in The Canberra Times

Research theme:

Nov

2016

Burkini Ban in France - World Watch segment

Dorota Anna Gozdecka interviewed by ABC Ballarat and Southwest Victoria

Research theme:

Jun

2015

Radio National Interview

Heather Roberts speaks to ABC Radio National Law Report

Research theme:

Upcoming events

Sep

2017

Women making international law: Towards feminist diplomacy

1.00PM to 2.00PM

A/Prof Susan Harris-Rimmer, Griffith University

Feminist international law scholarship has always insisted on showing the human faces of the state, why constructions of gender matter to the state, and which humans are excluded or silenced by gendered constructions of the state.

Sep

2017

Narratives of women in law: Then and now

3.00PM to 5.00PM

Professor Rosemary Auchmuty, University of Reading
Professor Margaret Thornton, ANU College of Law
Dr Heather Roberts, ANU College of Law

Why does feminist legal biography matter? This sounds like an obvious question with an obvious answer – it matters in the same way that feminist legal history matters, because women and gender concerns have been largely left out of writing about the past, and we need to reclaim them

Oct

2017

The future of feminist international legal scholarship in a neoliberal university: Doing law differently?

1.00PM to 2.00PM

Ntina Tzouvala, Laureate Post-Doctoral Fellow, Melbourne Law School

Institutional and material conditions matter for the production of feminist international legal scholarship as well as for the future of women’s engagement with international law.