J A Dewar
Biographic Data
| ID | 6691280 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J A Dewar |
| GIVEN NAMES | J A |
| FAMILY NAME | Dewar |
| SIGNATURE | DEWAR J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Superannuation and Divorce in Australia
This article presents the findings from a national survey of property distribution on separation and divorce. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact on settlement behaviour of the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Superannuation) Act 2001 (Cth)(‘the Act’), which allows superannuation (i.e. pensions) to be shared between former spouses on divorce. The law was reformed to facilitate a fairer distribution of the husband's superannuation ben…
The development of a healthy eating indicator shopping basket tool (Heisb) for use in food access studies—identification of key food items
Objectives To develop an objective, nutrient-based, healthy eating indicator shopping basket (HEISB) tool for use in studies of access to healthy food. Design Tool development used a literature search to identify previous practice, web information on current definition of healthy foods by the UK Food Standards Agency, and population-based dietary surveys to identify culturally acceptable foods. These findings were then appraised with respect to p…
Divergent Expectations and Experience
In this article, an overview of the key findings from the Children's Contact Services Project is presented. Children's Contact Services (CCSs) assist separated parents to manage contact arrangements with their children through the provision of supervised visitation and changeover services. The aims of this project were to investigate the use of CCSs in Australia by referring agencies (eg. courts and legal practitioners), and clients of contact se…
Family law and its discontents
This article suggests that family law is undergoing as dramatic a shift in its underlying assumptions, objectives and techniques as it did a quarter of a century ago in the shift from fault to no-fault divorce. The difference is that the current shift is not allied to a single cause or embodied in a single set of concepts, but can instead be detected only in a number of sometimes contradictory tendencies. This article proposes four thematic persp…
Family law and its discontents
This article suggests that family law is undergoing as dramatic a shift in its underlying assumptions, objectives and techniques as it did a quarter of a century ago in the shift from fault to no-fault divorce. The difference is that the current shift is not allied to a single cause or embodied in a single set of concepts, but can instead be detected only in a number of sometimes contradictory tendencies. This article proposes four thematic persp…
Divergent Expectations and Experience
In this article, an overview of the key findings from the Children's Contact Services Project is presented. Children's Contact Services (CCSs) assist separated parents to manage contact arrangements with their children through the provision of supervised visitation and changeover services. The aims of this project were to investigate the use of CCSs in Australia by referring agencies (eg. courts and legal practitioners), and clients of contact se…
Family law and its discontents
This article suggests that family law is undergoing as dramatic a shift in its underlying assumptions, objectives and techniques as it did a quarter of a century ago in the shift from fault to no-fault divorce. The difference is that the current shift is not allied to a single cause or embodied in a single set of concepts, but can instead be detected only in a number of sometimes contradictory tendencies. This article proposes four thematic persp…
The development of a healthy eating indicator shopping basket tool (Heisb) for use in food access studies—identification of key food items
Objectives To develop an objective, nutrient-based, healthy eating indicator shopping basket (HEISB) tool for use in studies of access to healthy food. Design Tool development used a literature search to identify previous practice, web information on current definition of healthy foods by the UK Food Standards Agency, and population-based dietary surveys to identify culturally acceptable foods. These findings were then appraised with respect to p…
Divergent Expectations and Experience
In this article, an overview of the key findings from the Children's Contact Services Project is presented. Children's Contact Services (CCSs) assist separated parents to manage contact arrangements with their children through the provision of supervised visitation and changeover services. The aims of this project were to investigate the use of CCSs in Australia by referring agencies (eg. courts and legal practitioners), and clients of contact se…
Superannuation and Divorce in Australia
This article presents the findings from a national survey of property distribution on separation and divorce. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact on settlement behaviour of the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Superannuation) Act 2001 (Cth)(‘the Act’), which allows superannuation (i.e. pensions) to be shared between former spouses on divorce. The law was reformed to facilitate a fairer distribution of the husband's superannuation ben…
Business (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Family law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Legislation (2 works) · Marketing (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 work)