Homelessness and the Law

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-86287-814-3
Verlag: Federation Press

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 500 g

Homeless people want to be treated with dignity and respect: by the law, by the community, by government systems and by individuals. The reality is that they instead face constant discrimination, rejection and exclusion.

The law perpetuates this sense of exclusion. Terms such as public nuisance, offensive, anti-social, causing anxiety, causing an obstruction, move-on are all found in criminal laws that the homeless are disproportionately prosecuted under.

This book explores the many ways in which laws in Australia, at federal, State and Territory level, operate to cause or perpetuate homelessness, as well as how the law might be used to address the causes and consequences of homelessness.

Dr Tamara Walsh examines legal conceptions of home and homelessness and legal responses to them; law and order approaches to homelessness including offences and defences; social welfare law; impairment, disability and capacity in relation to decision making; discrimination and access to justice, and homelessness and human rights.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Walsh, Tamara

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Legal Conceptions of Home and Homelessness Legal Responses to Houselessness Law and Order Approaches to Homelessness: Offences and Defences Social Welfare Law: Income, Family and the Home Impairment, Disability and Incapacity: Decision-Making and Homelessness Homelessness and Inequality: Discrimination and Access to Justice Homelessness as a Violation of Human Rights

Über Autor(innen)

Walsh, Tamara
Dr Tamara Walsh teaches and researches at the University of Queensland. Her research in the broad field of social welfare law has included examinations of public space law, child protection interventions, social security fraud and social exclusion. Her research has been widely published, both in Australia and internationally. She also lectures in human rights law, discrimination law and constitutional law. She has degrees in both law and social work.