Aidan Ricketts
Biographic Data
| ID | 4486343 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aidan Ricketts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aidan |
| FAMILY NAME | Ricketts |
| SIGNATURE | RICKETTS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Cross University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2687-4067 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
We have the right to be arrested and processed according to law”
For social movements engaged in protests, effective engagement with police can be particularly important in ensuring political success and overall safety. However, the way in which police are often determined to maintain control of public order in protest situations raises significant questions for protest movements about the limits and value of negotiation. Inherent contradictions remain between the aims of protestors engaged in disruptive campa…
Roadside drug testing
Roadside drug testing regimes being implemented around Australia have been presented as essential for road safety but are compromised by significant policy incoherence. Prosecution based upon driving impairment has been replaced with prosecution based upon mere detection of a specified substance. The conflation of road safety and prohibition as the jurisprudential rationale for penalty by legislators is producing significant negative side effects…
Anti-protest laws
New South Wales has recently joined several other Australian states in enacting anti-protest laws. Although environmental protests (particularly those against mining) have been the political and economic driving force behind the drafting of the laws in each state, the NSW law explicitly targets this issue. This article explores the political context of the new laws and what the law does. It then critiques the government’s claim that the laws conc…
Freedom from Political Communication
Australia lacks any constitutionally entrenched or enforceable Bill of Rights, and there is also a distinct lack of substantive civil and political rights embedded in the general body of our Constitution. As a result basic civil and political rights, well recognised at the international level remain particularly vulnerable to legislative infringement. The lack of a widely recognised set of benchmarks for political liberty risks allowing legislatu…
The activists' handbook
The Activists' Handbook is a powerful guide to social change activism and an essential resource for anyone ready to make a difference. Environmental activist Aidan Ricketts offers a step-by-step guide to starting up or getting involved in grassroots movements. Providing all the essential practical tools, methods and strategies needed for a successful campaign and extensively discussing legal and ethical issues, The Activists' Handbook empowers it…
Theatre of protest
The first act of imagination required of any social change activist is the vision of a better world. The next challenge is to imagine ways to convey this vision to others. In its broadest sense, political theatre is the act of conveying this imagined better world to the everyday onlooker. Understood in this way, theatre is not just a technique that ‘may’ be used in protests but is indispensable. Theatre in protest can range from spontaneous stree…
The Forest Protest Protocol
Anti-protest laws
New South Wales has recently joined several other Australian states in enacting anti-protest laws. Although environmental protests (particularly those against mining) have been the political and economic driving force behind the drafting of the laws in each state, the NSW law explicitly targets this issue. This article explores the political context of the new laws and what the law does. It then critiques the government’s claim that the laws conc…
Freedom from Political Communication
Australia lacks any constitutionally entrenched or enforceable Bill of Rights, and there is also a distinct lack of substantive civil and political rights embedded in the general body of our Constitution. As a result basic civil and political rights, well recognised at the international level remain particularly vulnerable to legislative infringement. The lack of a widely recognised set of benchmarks for political liberty risks allowing legislatu…
We have the right to be arrested and processed according to law”
For social movements engaged in protests, effective engagement with police can be particularly important in ensuring political success and overall safety. However, the way in which police are often determined to maintain control of public order in protest situations raises significant questions for protest movements about the limits and value of negotiation. Inherent contradictions remain between the aims of protestors engaged in disruptive campa…
Theatre of protest
The first act of imagination required of any social change activist is the vision of a better world. The next challenge is to imagine ways to convey this vision to others. In its broadest sense, political theatre is the act of conveying this imagined better world to the everyday onlooker. Understood in this way, theatre is not just a technique that ‘may’ be used in protests but is indispensable. Theatre in protest can range from spontaneous stree…
The Forest Protest Protocol
The Forest Protest Protocol
Theatre of protest
The first act of imagination required of any social change activist is the vision of a better world. The next challenge is to imagine ways to convey this vision to others. In its broadest sense, political theatre is the act of conveying this imagined better world to the everyday onlooker. Understood in this way, theatre is not just a technique that ‘may’ be used in protests but is indispensable. Theatre in protest can range from spontaneous stree…
The activists' handbook
The Activists' Handbook is a powerful guide to social change activism and an essential resource for anyone ready to make a difference. Environmental activist Aidan Ricketts offers a step-by-step guide to starting up or getting involved in grassroots movements. Providing all the essential practical tools, methods and strategies needed for a successful campaign and extensively discussing legal and ethical issues, The Activists' Handbook empowers it…
Freedom from Political Communication
Australia lacks any constitutionally entrenched or enforceable Bill of Rights, and there is also a distinct lack of substantive civil and political rights embedded in the general body of our Constitution. As a result basic civil and political rights, well recognised at the international level remain particularly vulnerable to legislative infringement. The lack of a widely recognised set of benchmarks for political liberty risks allowing legislatu…
Anti-protest laws
New South Wales has recently joined several other Australian states in enacting anti-protest laws. Although environmental protests (particularly those against mining) have been the political and economic driving force behind the drafting of the laws in each state, the NSW law explicitly targets this issue. This article explores the political context of the new laws and what the law does. It then critiques the government’s claim that the laws conc…
Roadside drug testing
Roadside drug testing regimes being implemented around Australia have been presented as essential for road safety but are compromised by significant policy incoherence. Prosecution based upon driving impairment has been replaced with prosecution based upon mere detection of a specified substance. The conflation of road safety and prohibition as the jurisprudential rationale for penalty by legislators is producing significant negative side effects…
We have the right to be arrested and processed according to law”
For social movements engaged in protests, effective engagement with police can be particularly important in ensuring political success and overall safety. However, the way in which police are often determined to maintain control of public order in protest situations raises significant questions for protest movements about the limits and value of negotiation. Inherent contradictions remain between the aims of protestors engaged in disruptive campa…
Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Criminal Law and Evidence (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works)