Elizabeth Handsley
Biographic Data
| ID | 2077461 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Handsley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Handsley |
| SIGNATURE | HANDSLEY E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Flinders University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6314-3576 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Infant Vulnerability to Court Decision‐Making Processes Regarding Oohc
This empirical study in the jurisdiction of New South Wales, Australia, explores the complex and unenviable processes legal actors undertake when making decisions about removing infants from their birth parents. Professionals from legal, statutory child protection and health contexts were interviewed regarding their experiences and perspectives about legal decision‐making practices when placing infants in out‐of‐home care (OOHC). Informed by vuln…
Holding Food Companies Responsible for Unhealthy Food Marketing to Children
Public health advocates argue that unhealthy food marketing to children infringes children’s rights, given its link to obesity, and that states have an obligation under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (‘UNCRC’) to protect children from such marketing. This article explains how international human rights concepts could be used to impose obligations directly on companies to modify their practices to protect children from unhealthy food…
International human rights law and the prevention of childhood obesity
This article surveys the application of international human rights law to obesity prevention laws, such as restrictions on marketing unhealthy food to children, interpretive front-of-pack labelling, healthy food policies in schools and the public sector, and taxes on unhealthy products. It discusses the right to health, the right to food, freedom of commercial speech, the rights of the child and a range of World Health Organization initiatives. S…
A Children’s Rights Perspective on Food Advertising to Children
This article applies the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to the regulation of food advertising for the prevention of childhood obesity, evaluating the advertising regulation in six jurisdictions against the principles of the Convention. It finds that the Convention would support strict regulation of food advertising for the prevention of childhood obesity; and in particular that such regulation would be appropriate to the mod…
Marketing foods to children through product packaging
Objective To investigate marketing techniques used on the packaging of child-oriented products sold through supermarkets. Design Food and beverage products which met criteria for ‘marketed to children’ were recorded as child-oriented. The products were analysed for food categories, nutritional value, and type and extent of marketing techniques used. Setting A major supermarket chain in Adelaide, South Australia. Subjects Child-oriented food and b…
Law School Lemonade
In a context of ever-dwindling resources, this article encourages legal academics to seek innovative strategies to safeguard the integrity of our mission. Teaching innovation funding, more effective use of students as a resource and a willingness to be flexible when it comes to content coverage are suggested as means to maintain, or even improve, not just teaching quality but morale among academic staff. The article challenges the notion that sma…
Reasons For The Absence Of Women
In November 1994 the Murdoch University School of Law was finalising its Strategic Plan for 1996 - 1998 and at the same time about to advertise a senior academic position
Holding Food Companies Responsible for Unhealthy Food Marketing to Children
Public health advocates argue that unhealthy food marketing to children infringes children’s rights, given its link to obesity, and that states have an obligation under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (‘UNCRC’) to protect children from such marketing. This article explains how international human rights concepts could be used to impose obligations directly on companies to modify their practices to protect children from unhealthy food…
A Children’s Rights Perspective on Food Advertising to Children
This article applies the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to the regulation of food advertising for the prevention of childhood obesity, evaluating the advertising regulation in six jurisdictions against the principles of the Convention. It finds that the Convention would support strict regulation of food advertising for the prevention of childhood obesity; and in particular that such regulation would be appropriate to the mod…
Reasons For The Absence Of Women
In November 1994 the Murdoch University School of Law was finalising its Strategic Plan for 1996 - 1998 and at the same time about to advertise a senior academic position
Law School Lemonade
In a context of ever-dwindling resources, this article encourages legal academics to seek innovative strategies to safeguard the integrity of our mission. Teaching innovation funding, more effective use of students as a resource and a willingness to be flexible when it comes to content coverage are suggested as means to maintain, or even improve, not just teaching quality but morale among academic staff. The article challenges the notion that sma…
Marketing foods to children through product packaging
Objective To investigate marketing techniques used on the packaging of child-oriented products sold through supermarkets. Design Food and beverage products which met criteria for ‘marketed to children’ were recorded as child-oriented. The products were analysed for food categories, nutritional value, and type and extent of marketing techniques used. Setting A major supermarket chain in Adelaide, South Australia. Subjects Child-oriented food and b…
A Children’s Rights Perspective on Food Advertising to Children
This article applies the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to the regulation of food advertising for the prevention of childhood obesity, evaluating the advertising regulation in six jurisdictions against the principles of the Convention. It finds that the Convention would support strict regulation of food advertising for the prevention of childhood obesity; and in particular that such regulation would be appropriate to the mod…
International human rights law and the prevention of childhood obesity
This article surveys the application of international human rights law to obesity prevention laws, such as restrictions on marketing unhealthy food to children, interpretive front-of-pack labelling, healthy food policies in schools and the public sector, and taxes on unhealthy products. It discusses the right to health, the right to food, freedom of commercial speech, the rights of the child and a range of World Health Organization initiatives. S…
Holding Food Companies Responsible for Unhealthy Food Marketing to Children
Public health advocates argue that unhealthy food marketing to children infringes children’s rights, given its link to obesity, and that states have an obligation under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (‘UNCRC’) to protect children from such marketing. This article explains how international human rights concepts could be used to impose obligations directly on companies to modify their practices to protect children from unhealthy food…
Infant Vulnerability to Court Decision‐Making Processes Regarding Oohc
This empirical study in the jurisdiction of New South Wales, Australia, explores the complex and unenviable processes legal actors undertake when making decisions about removing infants from their birth parents. Professionals from legal, statutory child protection and health contexts were interviewed regarding their experiences and perspectives about legal decision‐making practices when placing infants in out‐of‐home care (OOHC). Informed by vuln…
Business (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Food marketing (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Childhood obesity (3 works) · Human rights (3 works) · Marketing (3 works)