Disability, Rights and Law Reform in Australia

Fleur Beaupert is an independent researcher with a background in law and arts. She has lectured for the law faculties at La Trobe University, Western Sydney University and the University of Sydney. Linda Steele is a senior lecturer in law at University of Technology Sydney. Piers Gooding is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Melbourne Social Equity Institute and the Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne.

Introduction to Disability, Rights and Law Reform in Australia: Pushing Beyond Legal Futures Fleur Beaupert, Linda Steele and Piers Gooding Confronting Words: Driving a New Legal Lexicon of Disability Rosalind F Croucher Towards Supported Decision-Making: Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Guardianship Law Reform Bruce Alston Supported Decision-Making in Australia: Meeting the Challenge of Moving from Capacity to Capacity-Building? Terry Carney Supporting Accused Persons with Cognitive Disabilities to Participate in Criminal Proceedings in Australia: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Unfitness to Stand Trial Laws Piers Gooding et al. Indigenous Young People with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Reform to Australian Laws Governing Fitness to Stand Trial in Western Australia Rhianna Chisholm, Tamara Tulich and Harry Blagg Should We Take the 'Disability' Out of Discrimination Laws? Students with Challenging Behaviour and the Definition of Disability Karen O'Connell Communication Rights, Disability, and Law: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in National Perspective Gerard Goggin