Jocelynne Scutt

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Jocelynne Annette Scutt AO (born 8 June 1947) is an Australian feminist lawyer, writer and commentator. She is one of Australia's leading human rights barristers, was instrumental in reform of the laws on rape and domestic violence, [1] [2] [3] and has served as Anti-Discrimination Commissioner of Tasmania and as a judge on the High Court of Fiji. [4]

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Jocelynne Scutt was born in Perth, Western Australia. She graduated in law from the University of Western Australia in 1969 and undertook postgraduate studies in law at the University of Sydney, at both Southern Methodist University and the University of Michigan in the United States, and Cambridge University in England.

Scutt has worked with the Australian Institute of Criminology [5] [6] and as director of research with the Legal and Constitutional Committee of the parliament of Victoria. [7] From 1981 to 1982 she worked at the Sydney Bar and then was Deputy Chairperson of the Law Reform Commission, Victoria. [8] [9] In 1986 she returned to private practice in Melbourne. She served as the first Anti-Discrimination Commissioner of Tasmania from 1999 to 2004. [10] [11] [12] In 2007 she accepted a judicial post on the Fiji High Court. [4] [13]

She is a member of the UN Committee Against Trafficking, a board member of the International Alliance of Women [14] and its representative to the Coalition for the International Criminal Court. She is a writer, a film maker and is also a senior fellow at University of Buckingham and teaches law there. [15] [16]

A member of both the British Labour Party and Australian Labor Party, Scutt was elected to represent the division of Arbury on the Cambridgeshire County Council on 2 May 2013 and reelected on 4 May 2017. [17]

Scutt was called to the English Bar in July 2014. She became a part of Electoral Lobby in Canberra as well as Sydney. She also established the publisher, Artemis. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ Rosemary Francis with Jocelynne Scutt, 'Jocelynne A. Scutt ', in Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2016, http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE4429b.htm, accessed 7 October 2018
  2. ↑ Easteal, Patricia; Easteal, Patricia (1998), Balancing the scales : rape, law reform and Australian culture, Federation Press, ISBN   978-1-86287-304-9
  3. ↑ Sawer, Marian; Radford, Gail (2008), Making women count : a history of the Women's Electoral Lobby in Australia, University of New South Wales Press Ltd, ISBN   978-0-86840-943-6
  4. 1 2 Who's Who in Australia 2000. Melbourne: Crown Content. 2000. p. 1511.
  5. ↑ Scutt, Jocelynne A., Dr; Australian Institute of Criminology (1980), Restoring victims of crime : a basis for the reintroduction of restitution into the Australian criminal justice system, Australian Institute of Criminology, ISBN   978-0-642-90203-0 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ National Conference on Rape Law Reform (1980 : Hobart, Tas.); Scutt, Jocelynne A., Dr, 1947-; Australian Institute of Criminology (1980), Rape law reform : a collection of conference papers, Australian Institute of Criminology, ISBN   978-0-642-89991-0 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ Australian Institute of Criminology (1984), "Information bulletin of Australian criminology", Information Bulletin of Australian Criminology, New Series, The Institute, ISSN   0813-6998
  8. ↑ "CORRECTIONS". The Canberra Times . Vol. 60, no. 18, 406. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 22 February 1986. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ Seminar on the Jury (1986 : Australian Institute of Criminology); Challinger, Dennis; Australian Institute of Criminology (1986), The Jury : proceedings of a seminar on the jury 20-22 May 1986, Australian Institute of Criminology, ISBN   978-0-642-10251-5 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "Scutt fires farewell salvo". 28 October 2004.
  11. ↑ "Govt appoints new Anti-Discrimination Commissioner". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 28 October 2004.
  12. ↑ Profile, trove.nla.gov.au; accessed 29 September 2015.
  13. ↑ Scutt cleared off Fiji misconduct The Australian [ dead link ]
  14. ↑ Board, International Alliance of Women
  15. ↑ The Hon. Dr Jocelynne Scutt. Retrieved 31 May 2017
  16. ↑ "Jocelynne ScuttCounty Councillor for Arbury Division" . Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  17. ↑ Councillor Jocelynne Scutt. Retrieved 31 May 2017
  18. ↑ "Trove". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  19. ↑ It's an Honour. Retrieved 19 June 2016
  20. ↑ "Victorian Honour Roll of Women 2001" (PDF).
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