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A/PROF HELEN RHOADES



Contact Details

Organization: Law
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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Homepage: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/staff/Helen%20Rhoades
Work: +61 3 834 45589
Fax: +61 3 9347 2392
Room: 0851
Level: 08
Building: Law Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Family Law Law Reform, Legal Processes, Professional Practices, Parenting Law Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Laws University of Melbourne
Master of Laws University of Melbourne

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
How much is it worth? Legal discourses & everyday understandings of families, work & property Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2003
FAMILY LAWYERS AND CHILD-FOCUSED DISPUTE RESOLUTION: MANAGING INTER-PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE FAMILY LAW SYSTEM Chief Investigator ATTORNEY-GENERALS DEPT,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2005
The Helping Court: Examining the Early History of the Family Court of Australia Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • A study of inter-personal relationships in a changing family law system
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Australian Journal of Family Law
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 10-29
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • The dangers of shared care legislation: Why Australia needs (yet more) family law reform
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Federal Law Review
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 279-299
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Reports

  • Enhancing inter-professional relationships in a changing family law system
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: University of Melbourne, Faculty of Law(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • The changing face of contact in Australia
    Year: 2007
    Book: Parenting after partnering: Containing conflict after separation
    Publisher: Hart Publishing(Oxford)
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Journal Articles

  • Judicial and couple approaches to contributions and property: The dominance and difficulties of a reciprocity model
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Family Law
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 123-142
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • The International Library of Essays in Law and Society: Law and Families
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Ashgate(Aldershot)
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Book Chapters

  • Introduction: Law and families
    Year: 2006
    Book: Law and Families
    Publisher: Ashgate(Aldershot)
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  • Yearning for Law: Fathers' Groups and Family Law Reform in Australia
    Year: 2006
    Book: Fathers' Rights Activism and Law Reform in Comparative Perspective
    Publisher: Hart Publishing(Oxford)
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Journal Articles

  • Finding Fault in Marital Property Law: A Little Bit of History Repeating?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Federal Law Review
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 377-398
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Reports

  • Working on their Relationships: a study of inter-professional practices in a changing family law system
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Attorney General's Department
    Publisher: University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Equality, needs and bad behaviour: The 'other' decision-making approaches in Australian matrimonial property cases
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 194-205
    Publisher: Oxford University Press
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  • Review of exposure draft of the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill (2005)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Family Law
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 79-93
    Publisher: Butterworths
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Contact enforcement and parenting programmes - policy aims in confusion?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Child and Family Law Quarterly
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-16
    Publisher: Jordan Publishing(Bristol)
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  • Reforming custody laws: A comparative study
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 119-146
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Custody reforms in Canada
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Family Law
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 81-84
    Publisher: Butterworths
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  • Parenting programmes and contact compliance
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Family Law
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 896-898
    Publisher: Jordan Publishing(Bristol)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • The Social Work Practitioner in the Family Court.
    Year: 2002
    Book: In the Shadow of the Law: The Legal Context of Social Work Practice.
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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Journal Articles

  • The 'No Contact Mother': Reconstructions of Motherhood in the Era of the 'New Father'.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 71-94
    Publisher: Oxford University Press
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  • The Rise and Rise of Shared Parenting Laws: A Critical Reflection.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Canadian Journal of Family Law
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 75-113
    Publisher: University of British Columbia Law Faculty(Vancouver)
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