Journal article
Engaging Australian Family Law Judicial Officers as Research Participants: Reflections and Learnings
Journal of judicial administration, Vol.33(3), pp.99-116
23/12/2024
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Abstract
This article reflects on the author's experience of engaging judicial officers of the Australian family courts as participants in academic research on children's rights. The author sought to survey judicial officers of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia and the Family Court of Western Australia about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 in decision-making under Pt VII of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth). The article highlights the low level of engagement with the survey and examines three potential reasons for judicial officers' unwillingness or inability to participate: the subject matter of children's rights; the methodology and recruitment process; and the growing demands of the judicial role. The author concludes that the apparent “failure” of this project can be reframed as an opportunity to overcome the “unfortunate disjunction” between academia and the judiciary, by communicating more effectively the value of judicial participation in research.
Details
- Title
- Engaging Australian Family Law Judicial Officers as Research Participants: Reflections and Learnings
- Creators
- Georgina Dimopoulos - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Journal of judicial administration, Vol.33(3), pp.99-116
- Publisher
- Lawbook Co.
- Identifiers
- 991013252861402368
- Copyright
- © 2025 Thomson Reuters
- Academic Unit
- Centre for Children and Young People; Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; Law
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article