| Description |
vii, 229 pages ; 22 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Introduction: Tribunals and substitute decision-making -- Historical background -- Legislation -- Popular justice and citizenship Introduction -- The research process -- Judicial decisions: a statistical profile -- Narratives of guardianship: Consensus, access or systemic change? -- The hearing process: Encounters and ceremonies -- Guardianship outcomes: Changed lifestyles, satisfaction, or disappointment? -- Structures of justice -- Conclusions |
| Summary |
During the 1980s, Australia remade its 'adult guardianship' laws that governed people unable to manage their own affairs or property. The reforms embraced UN principles and took a common pattern with reformist North American and European countries - with one key exception. The rest of the world chose courts to administer the laws; Australia created specialist multi-disciplinary tribunals. This book compares the work of guardianship tribunals and courts and argues forcefully that Australia's adult guardianship experiment in popular justice is a success. Carney and Tait present work on the Australian tribunals in NSW and Victoria and compare them with overseas studies on courts (and the Family Court of Australia) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 207-224 |
| Subject |
Conservatorships -- Australia.
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Guardian and ward -- Australia.
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| Author |
Tait, David, 1950-
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| ISBN |
1862872643 |
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