An essential introduction to rights-based approaches in social policy, this text critically
explores how social rights underpin human wellbeing. It discusses social rights as rights of …

This Article explores some of the legal initiatives and reforms that opponents of same-sex
marriage in Canada and the United States have pushed forward. Despite being animated by …

Two-parent families with dependent children are known to be at lower risk of poverty and
significantly less reliant on state financial help than lone-parent households. It might …

Conjugal Rites explores the legal shape of marriage as it has been determined by countless
decisions concerning entry and exit into the ancient rite. Heather Brook examines the …

The law and technology interface has been much studied and much neglected. It has been
much studied as witnessed by the constant turning of legal discourse to the question of …

The history and evolution of governing and the state is inextricably entwined with the history
and evolution of what we might retrospectively call 'information and communications …

This paper examines the forms of life established through the visual governance of the
Australian social security mobile app (application)—the Express Plus Centrelink app. It is …

This article argues that women social security recipients are governed by multiple political
rationalities through the couple rule in Australia. It focuses on different periods of …

Executive summary Access to social security resources is vital to many women who are
attempting to be free of an abusive relationship. When it is unclear to the Department of …

What are the legal consequences that follow the end of de facto family relationships? The
chapter looks at this important issue by concentrating on non-traditional families. Different …