Ben Wardle
Biographic Data
| ID | 4384568 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben Wardle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Wardle |
| SIGNATURE | BEN WARDLE |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Sunshine Coast |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4119-832X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
I See Red
This paper examines how art can be used in the process of truth telling about the role colonial courthouses played in the violent dispossession, exploitation and oppression of Indigenous peoples. The paper focuses on the Old Court House in Perth, Australia, as this was the site of a commission winning public art work selected by the City of Perth that was decommissioned after permission to install the work was denied by the sitting judges of the …
Usurping Indigenous sovereignty through everchanging legal fictions
The legitimacy of Australia’s legal and political systems lies in the understanding that the British and then Australian governments validly secured sovereignty, and, in doing so, legally annexed the land occupied by Indigenous peoples, and the people themselves, under the laws of the Crown. This paper critically examines the legal foundations of Australian sovereignty by comparing the earliest judicial statements that outline the basis and exten…
Legal facades
This article draws on the writings of Slavoj Žižek to argue that legal architecture is a source of ideological beliefs. Žižek asserts that it is through the materialisation of ideology that people often first encounter ideological beliefs, and through exposure to these materialisations ideological beliefs are formed over time. Instead of our acts reflecting our beliefs it is our beliefs that are born out of our acts and belief is merely the forma…
You complete me
Lacan’s work on subjectivity provides the foundation for a number of unique developments in the understanding of how social stratification is maintained through belief in ideology. For Lacan, the subject is structurally lacking due to the lack inherent in signification and language. The response of subjects is to seek out the object cause of desire—a subject, object or discourse believed capable of filling the void in the subject. Lacan calls thi…
Firebombs and Ferguson
This short work responds to the arguments made by Gail Mason in her article in this issue on hate crime laws and the decision of Dunn v R. This article adds one or two extra ideas for reflection and argues that the balance was struck correctly in Dunn v R
You complete me
Lacan’s work on subjectivity provides the foundation for a number of unique developments in the understanding of how social stratification is maintained through belief in ideology. For Lacan, the subject is structurally lacking due to the lack inherent in signification and language. The response of subjects is to seek out the object cause of desire—a subject, object or discourse believed capable of filling the void in the subject. Lacan calls thi…
Firebombs and Ferguson
This short work responds to the arguments made by Gail Mason in her article in this issue on hate crime laws and the decision of Dunn v R. This article adds one or two extra ideas for reflection and argues that the balance was struck correctly in Dunn v R
Firebombs and Ferguson
This short work responds to the arguments made by Gail Mason in her article in this issue on hate crime laws and the decision of Dunn v R. This article adds one or two extra ideas for reflection and argues that the balance was struck correctly in Dunn v R
Legal facades
This article draws on the writings of Slavoj Žižek to argue that legal architecture is a source of ideological beliefs. Žižek asserts that it is through the materialisation of ideology that people often first encounter ideological beliefs, and through exposure to these materialisations ideological beliefs are formed over time. Instead of our acts reflecting our beliefs it is our beliefs that are born out of our acts and belief is merely the forma…
You complete me
Lacan’s work on subjectivity provides the foundation for a number of unique developments in the understanding of how social stratification is maintained through belief in ideology. For Lacan, the subject is structurally lacking due to the lack inherent in signification and language. The response of subjects is to seek out the object cause of desire—a subject, object or discourse believed capable of filling the void in the subject. Lacan calls thi…
Usurping Indigenous sovereignty through everchanging legal fictions
The legitimacy of Australia’s legal and political systems lies in the understanding that the British and then Australian governments validly secured sovereignty, and, in doing so, legally annexed the land occupied by Indigenous peoples, and the people themselves, under the laws of the Crown. This paper critically examines the legal foundations of Australian sovereignty by comparing the earliest judicial statements that outline the basis and exten…
I See Red
This paper examines how art can be used in the process of truth telling about the role colonial courthouses played in the violent dispossession, exploitation and oppression of Indigenous peoples. The paper focuses on the Old Court House in Perth, Australia, as this was the site of a commission winning public art work selected by the City of Perth that was decommissioned after permission to install the work was denied by the sitting judges of the …
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Law in Society and Culture (2 works)