Liesel Spencer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4171386 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Liesel Spencer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Liesel |
| FAMILY NAME | Spencer |
| SIGNATURE | SPENCER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | School of Law, Western Sydney University, Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4579-1278 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
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…
Out-of-Home Care, Contact Orders and Infant Mental Health
Child protection legislation in New South Wales (‘NSW’) has the advancement of the best interests of the child as a fundamental objective. This article argues that advancing the best interests of one group of children – infants (ie, children under 12 months of age) – involves recognising needs that are so distinct and important that infants should be treated as a discrete category of children under all legal instruments, including the Convention …
Late to the table
Australia has no national food security strategy, and no overarching suite of law and policy to regulate the risks associated with food insecurity. We, as a nation, are long overdue for a comprehensive national response including law and policy to address critical regulatory deficits. This article considers possible explanations as to why food security as a fundamental responsibility of the State has been neglected in Australia and argues for a c…
Selective paternalism in Australian social security law
Changes to the regulation of consumer leases for people on welfare who use Centrepay deductions to make lease payments for household goods, are part of the federal government’s response to a 2016 review of small amount credit contract laws. The review and response do not propose expanding availability of no-interest loans as an alternative to small amount credit contract finance. In 2015, a Bill proposing to exclude consumer leases from Centrepay…
Farming the City
Australia is one of the world’s most urbanised nations. The current urban food supply system — how Australia’s cities are fed — adversely impacts the health of urban populations and the environmental health of the land on which food is produced. This article argues for an extensive national urban agriculture scheme to ameliorate these adverse impacts, and explores the role of planning law in the regulation of food distribution and land use for fo…
Farming the City
Australia is one of the world’s most urbanised nations. The current urban food supply system — how Australia’s cities are fed — adversely impacts the health of urban populations and the environmental health of the land on which food is produced. This article argues for an extensive national urban agriculture scheme to ameliorate these adverse impacts, and explores the role of planning law in the regulation of food distribution and land use for fo…
Out-of-Home Care, Contact Orders and Infant Mental Health
Child protection legislation in New South Wales (‘NSW’) has the advancement of the best interests of the child as a fundamental objective. This article argues that advancing the best interests of one group of children – infants (ie, children under 12 months of age) – involves recognising needs that are so distinct and important that infants should be treated as a discrete category of children under all legal instruments, including the Convention …
Farming the City
Australia is one of the world’s most urbanised nations. The current urban food supply system — how Australia’s cities are fed — adversely impacts the health of urban populations and the environmental health of the land on which food is produced. This article argues for an extensive national urban agriculture scheme to ameliorate these adverse impacts, and explores the role of planning law in the regulation of food distribution and land use for fo…
Selective paternalism in Australian social security law
Changes to the regulation of consumer leases for people on welfare who use Centrepay deductions to make lease payments for household goods, are part of the federal government’s response to a 2016 review of small amount credit contract laws. The review and response do not propose expanding availability of no-interest loans as an alternative to small amount credit contract finance. In 2015, a Bill proposing to exclude consumer leases from Centrepay…
Late to the table
Australia has no national food security strategy, and no overarching suite of law and policy to regulate the risks associated with food insecurity. We, as a nation, are long overdue for a comprehensive national response including law and policy to address critical regulatory deficits. This article considers possible explanations as to why food security as a fundamental responsibility of the State has been neglected in Australia and argues for a c…
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…
Out-of-Home Care, Contact Orders and Infant Mental Health
Child protection legislation in New South Wales (‘NSW’) has the advancement of the best interests of the child as a fundamental objective. This article argues that advancing the best interests of one group of children – infants (ie, children under 12 months of age) – involves recognising needs that are so distinct and important that infants should be treated as a discrete category of children under all legal instruments, including the Convention …
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