Women - HSC Preliminary
Texts
Women and violence- AVOs - an introduction, Violence Against Women Specialist Unit, NSW. January 2007. Available at www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/vaw/dvguidelines.nsf/pages/avo
- Women and violence : what you can do if you experience domestic violence, Domestic Violence Advocacy Service, 2002. Available at www.women.nsw.gov.au/PDF/2006_Women&Domestic_Violence.pdf
- Domestic violence, Hot Topics 47, Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), 2004.(Get it : In public libraries)
- Domestic Violence in NSW, by Talina Drabsch, NSW Parliamentary Research Paper No 7/07. Available at: www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/publications.nsf/key/DomesticViolenceinNSW
- The Law Handbook, 10th ed, Redfern Legal Centre Publishing, 2007. See Chapter 21 domestic violence. (Get it : In public libraries)
- Provocation and self-defence in intimate partner and homophobic homicides, by Lenny Roth, NSW Parliamentary Research Paper No 3/07. Available at www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/publications.nsf/0/2283257FD5435499CA2572C30009E286
- Domestic violence: improving police practice, A special report to Parliament under s31 of the Ombudsman Act 1974, December 2006. Available at www.ombo.nsw.gov.au/publication/PDF/specialreport/DV%20Improving%20police%20practice%20dec%202006.pdf
- Domestic violence in Australia - an overview of the issues, Australian Parliamentary Library, updated September 2006. Available at www.aph.gov.au/library/INTGUIDE/SP/Dom_violence.htm
- Measuring domestic violence and sexual assault against women: a review of the literature and statistics, Parliamentary Library, 12 December 2007. Available at www.aph.gov.au/library/INTGUIDE/SP/ViolenceAgainstWomen.htm
- Discrimination, Hot Topics 40, Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), 2002. Also available at www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/liac/hot_topic/hottopic/2002/5/
- The Law Handbook, 10th ed, Redfern Legal Centre Publishing, 2007. See Chapter 19 discrimination. (Get it : In public libraries)
- Sex discrimination - your rights, NSW Anti-Discrimination Board. Updated April 2007. Available at www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/adb/ll_adb.nsf/pages/adb_sex
- Sex discrimination, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Updated July 2007. Available at www.humanrights.gov.au/sex_discrimination/index.html
- Discrimination law and practice, by Chris Ronalds and Rachel Pepper, Federation Press, 2004. (Get it : In public libraries)
- All for Nothing? The women's movement and gender equality in Australian democracy, by Dr Sarah Madison, the 2007 Pamela Denoon Lecture. Also available as a podcast at: www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/all_for_nothing/
- Australian and New Zealand equal opportunity law and practice, CCH. A loose leaf publication that is regularly updated. It is an excellent resource for locating cases and commentary. (Get it: SL)
Media - newspapers, magazines and journals
- AGISPlus via Informit. A database that includes the fullext of magazine articles. You need to register as a client of the State Library.
- Suggested search terms: women and discrimination, sex discrimination, women and domestic violence, battered woman syndrome, gender equality
- Search instructions.
- Proquest ANZ Newsstand. You need to register as a client of the State Library.
- Suggested search terms: women and discrimination, sex discrimination, women and domestic violence, battered woman syndrome, gender equality. You may need to limit your search by date.
- Search instructions.
- Infocus. You can purchase articles from the State Library, or ask your school or local library to order them. Tip: Select Legal Studies as HSC Subject. Search keywords such as women and discrimination, sex discrimination, women and domestic violence, battered woman syndrome, gender equality (Get it : SL)
Websites
- Australian Parliamentary Library Law Internet Guide - Women www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/sp/spwomen.htm
- Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse www.austdvclearinghouse.unsw.edu.au/home.html
- NSW Office for Women www.women.nsw.gov.au/
- Commonwealth Office for Women www.ofw.facs.gov.au/
- Equal Employment Opportunity for Women in NSW www.eeo.nsw.gov.au/women/women.htm
- Women's Electoral Lobby Australia www.wel.org.au/
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission www.humanrights.gov.au/index.html
- NSW Anti-Discrimination Board www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/adb/ll_adb.nsf/pages/adb_index
- Administrative Decisions Tribunal: Equal Opportunity Division www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/adt/ll_adt.nsf/pages/adt_equal_opportunity_division
- Australian Institute of Criminology: Women and Crime www.aic.gov.au/topics/women/
- NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research: Domestic Violence www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/pages/bocsar_pub_dtoh#domestic_violence
Key legislation
- Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (Cth) www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/viewtop/inforce/act+48+1977+FIRST+0+N/ (NSW)
- Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) www.humanrights.gov.au/legal/decisions/hreoc/index.html (Cth)
Finding Cases
- Decisions made under the Sex Discrimination Act (Cth) www.humanrights.gov.au/commission_decisions/index.html
- Index of cases from the Anti-Discrimination Board www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/adb/ll_adb.nsf/pages/adb_et_legal_cases
- Administrative Decisions Tribunal, Equal Opportunity Division, decisions made under the Anti-Discrimination Act from 1998+ www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/caselaw/ll_caselaw.nsf/pages/cl_adt
- Australian and New Zealand equal opportunity law and practice, CCH. An excellent resource for locating cases and commentary on sex discrimination and discrimination due to pregnancy. (Get it: SL)
State Library of NSW access
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