Resources
Seminar Papers

The construction of an idealized post-separation family in Australian family law

9 November 2007
Dr Amanda Shea Hart

Distinguished visitor, Dr Amanda Shea Hart presented the key findings of an in-depth qualitative analysis of how judges from one registry of the Family Court of Australia constructed the 'best interests' of the child in contested contact cases that reached the stage of a final hearing and where domestic violence was recognised as an issue by the court.   

Click here to view Dr Hart’s PowerPoint presentation.

Violence against women conference