Parents in the care jurisdiction of the Children’s Court: What can non-adversarial approaches offer?
Nicola M Ross1, 1 Newcastle Law School, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan 2308 Nicola.Ross@Newcastle.edu.au Principles from therapeutic jurisprudence address the need to create a respectful and supportive court environment where participants are actively engaged in decision-making and make behavioural...
- January 13, 2017
Jennifer C Hurley1 1 PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University. The psychology of procedural justice explains peoples’ reactions to court decision making processes. Through fostering individuals’ subjective perceptions of fairness, court processes that apply procedural justice...
- January 13, 2017
Mr Damian James1 1Neighbourhood Justice Centre, Collingwood, Australia The Neighbourhood Justice Centre (NJC) is home to a multi-jurisdictional Court supported by a Registry staffed by three Registrars, one Trainee and a Neighbourhood Justice Officer (NJO). The NJO is a legislated...
- January 13, 2017
David Glasgow, AM1, Camille Banks2 1 Family Responsibilities Commissioner, Family Responsibilities Commission, PO Box 5438, Cairns, Qld, 4870, david.glasgow@frcq.org.au 2 Client Manager, Family Responsibilities Commission, PO Box 5438, Cairns, Qld, 4870, camille.banks@frcq.org.au The Family Responsibilities Commission (FRC) was established as...
- January 13, 2017
Jay Jordens1 1 Neighbourhood Justice Centre, 241 Wellington Street, Collingwood, VIC, 3066, Austalia The Neighbourhood Justice Centre’s Problem Solving Process has steadily provided a collaborative approach to complex cases coming before the Court for the ten years of the NJC’s...
- January 13, 2017
Mark Hamilton1, 1 UNSW, Sydney NSW, 2052, mark.hamilton@unsw.edu.au Practice from New Zealand highlights the potential use of restorative justice conferencing following environmental offending. Such conferencing may fulfil two important functions. Firstly, recognition, a symbolic purpose that acknowledges the fact that...
- January 13, 2017
Anton Shelupanov (MA Oxon) Justice Studio, London Abstract: Research has demonstrated that courts, police and other law enforcement institutions secure better compliance by defendants when they apply procedural justice principles to practice. Consequently, with better compliance with court decisions, come...
- January 13, 2017
Mr Daniel Toohey1 1University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia This practical workshop will demonstrate some tools lawyers can use to provide better support for clients who are struggling to engage with legal processes due to a disability or experience of trauma. ...
- January 13, 2017
Peggy Fulton Hora1 1 Superior Court of California (Ret.) PO Box 5246, Walnut Creek CA 94596 peggyhora@sbcglobal.net Canons of Ethics for judges and ethical rules for lawyers are based on an adversarial system. Concepts such as a ban on ex...
- January 13, 2017
Felicity Gerry QC1, Professor Penny Cooper2, 1 Queen’s Counsel London and Darwin speciliasing in complex cases involving vulnerable suspects. Leads the Indigenous Justice and Exoneration Project at Charles Darwin University. Affiliated member research group on Fundamental Rights and Constitutionalism at...
- January 13, 2017
