Patricia Easteal

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Patricia Lynn Easteal, AM, is an academic, author, activist and advocate, best known for her research, publications and teaching in the area of women and the law. In 2010 she was made a Member of the Order of Australia 'For service to the community, education and the law through promoting awareness and understanding of violence against women, discrimination and access to justice for minority groups'. [1]

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Career

Easteal is an emeritus professor at the University of Canberra. [2] She was formerly a visiting scholar at the Australian National University, College of Law. From 1990-1995, Easteal was a Senior Criminologist at the Australian Institute of Criminology. She has published 17 books and over 180 journal articles and book chapters. [3]

Professor Patricia Easteal AM, academic, author, advocate and activist, is a member of the School of Law and Justice at the University of Canberra and has been emeritus professor there since July 2018. She has published 18 books and over 180 journal articles and book chapters. Her research earned her the title of ACT Australian of the Year in 2010 and an Australian Honour ‘for service to the community, education and the law through promoting awareness and understanding of violence against women, discrimination and access to justice for minority groups’. She was also finalist in the Australian Human Rights awards in 2012. In addition, her work as an educator earned Professor Easteal the Australian Learning and Teaching Council Award for Teaching Excellence (2008) and the Carrick Institute Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2007) for effective research-led learning approaches that engage law students in independent and critical inquiry into the complex ties between law, society and access to justice.

In 2018, Easteal launched Legal Light Bulbs, [4] a platform where she publishes content relating to domestic violence and sexual assault research; offering legal education and training, as well as expert court reports.

Research

Easteal's primary research areas are: rape law; domestic violence and the law; discrimination law; family law; sexual harassment; bullying in the workplace; cyber bullying; and access to justice for women.

She investigates the context of the law and how social structures, language, and values affect the substance and practice of the law, specifically in the areas of criminal law, family law, discrimination law, employment law and immigration law. Important aspects of her research are its applicability to real life issues such as law reform and its nexus with her teaching. She uses a range of empirical methodologies [5] from these disciplines including cross-case comparison, [6] in-depth interviews [7] and surveys. [8]

Awards

Selected works

Related Research Articles

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References

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  2. ↑ Easteal, Patricia (4 March 2015). "Emeritus Professor".
  3. ↑ "SSRN Author Page for Easteal, Patricia L."
  4. ↑ "Professor Patricia Easteal | Research, Training & Court Report Expert". Legal Light Bulbs. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  5. 1 2 Shattered dreams : marital violence against overseas-born women in Australia / Patricia Easteal - National Library of Australia. Australian Govt. Pub. Service. 1996. ISBN   9780644431385.
  6. ↑ Easteal, Patricia; Young, Lisa; Carline, Anna (2018). "Domestic Violence, Property and Family Law in Australia". International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family. 32 (2): 204–229. doi:10.1093/lawfam/eby005.
  7. 1 2 "Hybrid Publishers - Real Rape, Real Pain: Help for women sexually assaulted by male partners". Archived from the original on 4 April 2015.
  8. 1 2 Spinifex Press. "Spinifex Press » Voices Of The Survivors".
  9. ↑ "Nominees for the 25th Human Rights Awards announced (2012 Media Release)".
  10. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ↑ "Australian of the Year Awards". Archived from the original on 27 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "Award. Law, economics, business awards teaching excellence recipient 2008 Patricia Eastea". olt.gov.au.[ dead link ]
  13. ↑ "Award. Outstanding contribution recipient 2007. Patricia Eastea". olt.gov.au.[ dead link ]
  14. ↑ "Women in the making of Canberra - Awards". womenaustralia.info.
  15. ↑ "Federation Press - Book: Rape Law in Context". www.federationpress.com.au. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  16. ↑ Routledge (24 April 2016). "Shades of Grey - Domestic and Sexual Violence Against Women".
  17. ↑ "Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Justice Connections".
  18. ↑ "Intimate Partner Sexual Violence".
  19. ↑ "LexisNexis Australia - Women and the Law in Australia - Human Rights - LexisNexis Australia".
  20. ↑ "LexisNexis Australia - Less than Equal - Women and the Australian Legal System - Human Rights - LexisNexis Australia".
  21. ↑ "Federation Press - Book: Balancing the Scales".
  22. ↑ "Australian Institute of Criminology - Killing the beloved : homicide between adult sexual intimates".
  23. ↑ "Australian Institute of Criminology - Without consent : confronting adult sexual violence".
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