M Thornton
Biographic Data
| ID | 15382 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Thornton |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Thornton |
| SIGNATURE | THORNTON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3429-3596 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Anti-discrimination legislation in Australia: A reckoning
In recognition of the 30 th anniversary of the IJDL, this article overviews anti-discrimination law in the Australian federal jurisdiction noting major trends. The individual complaint-based mechanism at the centre of anti-discrimination law has contributed to a degree of stagnation in respect of the grounds of race, disability, and age in terms of both legislation and jurisprudence, while sex and sexual harassment have been comparatively dynamic…
Twenty Minutes with the Devil
Coronavirus and the Colonisation of Private Life
The idea of a distinction between public and private life has a long history in political thought, but the boundary between them has become increasingly blurred as a result of temporal flexibility. Technological change lies at the heart of the ability to choose when and where work is performed, including ‘working at home’. This refers only to productive work so that the unpaid domestic and caring work that women disproportionately undertake has b…
Trailblazing women still needed
Towards the Uberisation of Legal Practice
Uber and Airbnb signify new ways of working and doing business by facilitating direct access to providers through new digitalised platforms. The gig economy is also beginning to percolate into legal practice through what is colloquially known as NewLaw. Eschewing plush offices, permanent staff and the rigidity of time billing, NewLaw offers cheaper services to clients in order to compete more effectively with traditional law firms. For individual…
New Directions for Law in Australia
‘Selling the dream’: Law School Branding and the Illusion of Choice
Through a Glass Darkly: The Social Sciences Look at the Neoliberal University
This collection of essays arose from a workshop held in Canberra in 2013 under the auspices of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia to consider the impact of the encroachment of the market on public universities. While the UK tripled fees in 2013 and determined that the teaching of the social sciences and the humanities would no longer be publicly funded, it was feared
Legal Education in the Corporate University
State disinvestment in higher education has been a notable characteristic of neoliberalism all over the world, and the corporatization of universities has been the typical response. It has led to a proliferation of law schools with students paying high fees. Corporatization has also engendered a culture of relentless competition between universities, which manifests itself in league tables and rankings. The pursuit of prestige has compelled law s…
Inhabiting the Neoliberal University
By May 2013, a succession of federal government cuts to higher education in a little over a year amounted to almost $4 billion. These cuts represent yet another step in the Neoliberal striptease of the state. While we can cope with the privatisation of utilities and transport, higher education is neither a service nor a commodity. It is a public good of which the university is the traditional custodian
Disabling discrimination legislation: The High Court and judicial activism
This article takes issue with detractors of judicial activism, such as Australian High Court judge Dyson Heydon, who claim that it undermines the rule of law. It is argued that all judging necessarily involves an activist element because of the choices that judges make. Their reliance on values is starkly illustrated in the area of discrimination law, where there may be no precedents and judges are perennially faced with interpretative crossroads…
Analysis of the Reliability of the Modified Caregiver Strain Index
The Modified CSI can be a useful method for detecting strain levels among informal caregivers, and is easily administered and scored. The CSI continues to be a useful measure of caregiver strain for long-term care research and practice
Domesticating Disability Discrimination
This paper presents a brief overview of disability discrimination legislation in Australia over the last two decades. The documentation of the Australian experience may he of interest to jurisdictions contemplating such legislation. Although a raised social consciousness concerning disability has engendered remedial and prophylactic developments a simple progressivist thesis has to he rejected because antidiscrimination legislation is also sensit…
Through a Glass Darkly: The Social Sciences Look at the Neoliberal University
This collection of essays arose from a workshop held in Canberra in 2013 under the auspices of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia to consider the impact of the encroachment of the market on public universities. While the UK tripled fees in 2013 and determined that the teaching of the social sciences and the humanities would no longer be publicly funded, it was feared
Analysis of the Reliability of the Modified Caregiver Strain Index
The Modified CSI can be a useful method for detecting strain levels among informal caregivers, and is easily administered and scored. The CSI continues to be a useful measure of caregiver strain for long-term care research and practice
Domesticating Disability Discrimination
This paper presents a brief overview of disability discrimination legislation in Australia over the last two decades. The documentation of the Australian experience may he of interest to jurisdictions contemplating such legislation. Although a raised social consciousness concerning disability has engendered remedial and prophylactic developments a simple progressivist thesis has to he rejected because antidiscrimination legislation is also sensit…
Legal Education in the Corporate University
State disinvestment in higher education has been a notable characteristic of neoliberalism all over the world, and the corporatization of universities has been the typical response. It has led to a proliferation of law schools with students paying high fees. Corporatization has also engendered a culture of relentless competition between universities, which manifests itself in league tables and rankings. The pursuit of prestige has compelled law s…
Domesticating Disability Discrimination
This paper presents a brief overview of disability discrimination legislation in Australia over the last two decades. The documentation of the Australian experience may he of interest to jurisdictions contemplating such legislation. Although a raised social consciousness concerning disability has engendered remedial and prophylactic developments a simple progressivist thesis has to he rejected because antidiscrimination legislation is also sensit…
Analysis of the Reliability of the Modified Caregiver Strain Index
The Modified CSI can be a useful method for detecting strain levels among informal caregivers, and is easily administered and scored. The CSI continues to be a useful measure of caregiver strain for long-term care research and practice
Disabling discrimination legislation: The High Court and judicial activism
This article takes issue with detractors of judicial activism, such as Australian High Court judge Dyson Heydon, who claim that it undermines the rule of law. It is argued that all judging necessarily involves an activist element because of the choices that judges make. Their reliance on values is starkly illustrated in the area of discrimination law, where there may be no precedents and judges are perennially faced with interpretative crossroads…
Inhabiting the Neoliberal University
By May 2013, a succession of federal government cuts to higher education in a little over a year amounted to almost $4 billion. These cuts represent yet another step in the Neoliberal striptease of the state. While we can cope with the privatisation of utilities and transport, higher education is neither a service nor a commodity. It is a public good of which the university is the traditional custodian
Legal Education in the Corporate University
State disinvestment in higher education has been a notable characteristic of neoliberalism all over the world, and the corporatization of universities has been the typical response. It has led to a proliferation of law schools with students paying high fees. Corporatization has also engendered a culture of relentless competition between universities, which manifests itself in league tables and rankings. The pursuit of prestige has compelled law s…
‘Selling the dream’: Law School Branding and the Illusion of Choice
Through a Glass Darkly: The Social Sciences Look at the Neoliberal University
This collection of essays arose from a workshop held in Canberra in 2013 under the auspices of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia to consider the impact of the encroachment of the market on public universities. While the UK tripled fees in 2013 and determined that the teaching of the social sciences and the humanities would no longer be publicly funded, it was feared
New Directions for Law in Australia
Towards the Uberisation of Legal Practice
Uber and Airbnb signify new ways of working and doing business by facilitating direct access to providers through new digitalised platforms. The gig economy is also beginning to percolate into legal practice through what is colloquially known as NewLaw. Eschewing plush offices, permanent staff and the rigidity of time billing, NewLaw offers cheaper services to clients in order to compete more effectively with traditional law firms. For individual…
Trailblazing women still needed
Coronavirus and the Colonisation of Private Life
The idea of a distinction between public and private life has a long history in political thought, but the boundary between them has become increasingly blurred as a result of temporal flexibility. Technological change lies at the heart of the ability to choose when and where work is performed, including ‘working at home’. This refers only to productive work so that the unpaid domestic and caring work that women disproportionately undertake has b…
Twenty Minutes with the Devil
Anti-discrimination legislation in Australia: A reckoning
In recognition of the 30 th anniversary of the IJDL, this article overviews anti-discrimination law in the Australian federal jurisdiction noting major trends. The individual complaint-based mechanism at the centre of anti-discrimination law has contributed to a degree of stagnation in respect of the grounds of race, disability, and age in terms of both legislation and jurisprudence, while sex and sexual harassment have been comparatively dynamic…
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