Overview
Availability
- Honorary Professor Heather Douglas is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, Monash University
- Bachelor of Law, Monash University
- Masters (Coursework) of Law, Queensland University of Technology
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Works
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2015
Book Chapter
An unsettling presence: Indigenous art and settler law
Douglas, Heather and Besley, Jo (2015). An unsettling presence: Indigenous art and settler law. Courting Blakness: Recalibrating Knowledge in the Sandstone University. (pp. 124-133) edited by Fiona Foley, Louise Martin-Chew and Fiona Nicoll. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
2015
Book Chapter
Criminal responsibility and family violence: the relationship between (feminist) academic critique and judicial decision-making
Douglas, Heather Anne (2015). Criminal responsibility and family violence: the relationship between (feminist) academic critique and judicial decision-making. Criminalisation and criminal responsibility in Australia. (pp. 176-190) edited by Thomas Crofts and Arlie Loughnan. South Melbourne, VIC Australia: Oxford University Press.
2015
Conference Publication
Do We Need a Specific Domestic Violence Offence?
Douglas, Heather Anne (2015). Do We Need a Specific Domestic Violence Offence?. Criminal Law Researchers' Workshop, Melbourne Law School and LaTrobe University, 19 February 2015.
2015
Conference Publication
Women, Feminism and Judicial Diversity
Douglas, Heather Anne and Bartlett, Francesca (2015). Women, Feminism and Judicial Diversity. Judicial Independence in Australia: Contemporary Challenges, Future Directions, Brisbane, 11 July 2015.
2015
Conference Publication
Wheels within Wheels: Nicotine Regulation Reform in Australia
Fraser, D., Douglas, H., Hall, W. and Gartner, C. (2015). Wheels within Wheels: Nicotine Regulation Reform in Australia. Global Forum on Nicotine, Warsaw, Poland, 5-6 June 2015.
2015
Journal Article
Women's access to abortion after 20 weeks' gestation for fetal chromosomal abnormalities: Views and experiences of doctors in New South Wales and Queensland
Black, Kirsten I., Douglas, Heather and de Costa, Caroline (2015). Women's access to abortion after 20 weeks' gestation for fetal chromosomal abnormalities: Views and experiences of doctors in New South Wales and Queensland. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 55 (2), 144-148. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12305
2015
Book Chapter
Mothers in crisis: mothers and the child protection system
Walsh, Tamara and Douglas, Heather (2015). Mothers in crisis: mothers and the child protection system. Mothers at the Margins: Stories of Challenge, Resistance and Love. (pp. 89-107) edited by Lisa Raith, Jenny Jones and Marie Porter. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2015
Book Chapter
Social framework evidence: its interpretation and application in Victoria and beyond
Douglas, Heather (2015). Social framework evidence: its interpretation and application in Victoria and beyond. Homicide law reform in Victoria: retrospect and prospects. (pp. 94-109) edited by Kate Fitz-Gibbon and Arie Freiberg. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Federation Press.
2015
Conference Publication
Evidence and Victim Experience in Sexual and Domestic Violence Cases: The Approach of the Feminist Judge.
Douglas, Heather Anne (2015). Evidence and Victim Experience in Sexual and Domestic Violence Cases: The Approach of the Feminist Judge.. Inside Out: Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 1 December 2015.
2014
Journal Article
Strangulation, domestic violence and the legal response
Douglas, Heather and Fitzgerald, Robin (2014). Strangulation, domestic violence and the legal response. Sydney Law Review, 36 (2), 231-254.
2014
Book Chapter
Reflections on rewriting the law
Douglas, Heather Anne, Bartlett, Francesca, Luker, Trish and Hunter, Rosemary (2014). Reflections on rewriting the law. Australian Feminist Judgments: Righting and Rewriting Law. (pp. 19-40) edited by Heather Douglas, Francesca Bartlett, Trish Luker and Rosemary Hunter. Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing.
2014
Conference Publication
Social Framework Evidence: Its Interpretation and Application in Victoria and Beyond
Douglas, Heather Anne (2014). Social Framework Evidence: Its Interpretation and Application in Victoria and Beyond. Homicide Law Reform in Victoria and Beyond: Prospects and Retrospect, Melbourne, 16 August 2014.
2014
Journal Article
Understanding the power of law: engaging students in criminal law casework
Douglas, Heather and Taylor, Monica (2014). Understanding the power of law: engaging students in criminal law casework. Legal Education Review, 24 (1), 28-43.
2014
Book Chapter
Reconsidering Precedent
Douglas, Heather (2014). Reconsidering Precedent. Australian Feminist Judgments: Righting and Rewriting Law. (pp. 229-233) edited by Heather Douglas, Francesca Bartlett, Trish Luker and Rosemary Hunter. Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing.
2014
Conference Publication
An Unsettling Presence: Indigenous Art in Courts of Law
Douglas, Heather Anne and Joanna Besley (2014). An Unsettling Presence: Indigenous Art in Courts of Law. Courting Blakness:Recalibrating Knowledge in the Sandstone University, Brisbane, 6 September 2014.
2014
Book
The Australian Feminist Judgments: Righting and Rewriting Law
Heather Douglas, Francesca Bartlett, Trish Luker and Rosemary Hunter eds. (2014). The Australian Feminist Judgments: Righting and Rewriting Law. Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing.
2014
Conference Publication
Reconceptualising Battered Woman Syndrome
Douglas, Heather Anne (2014). Reconceptualising Battered Woman Syndrome. Homicide: Precursors and Prevention, Brisbane, 25 March 2014.
2014
Conference Publication
Domestic Violence, Cross-Orders and Alcohol Use.
Douglas, Heather Anne (2014). Domestic Violence, Cross-Orders and Alcohol Use.. Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Brisbane, 3-5 December 2014.
2014
Conference Publication
The Australian Feminist Judgments Project in Law School
Douglas, Heather Anne (2014). The Australian Feminist Judgments Project in Law School. Australian Law Teachers Association, Bond Law School, Gold Coast, 12 July 2014.
2014
Journal Article
Selective Reduction of Fetuses in Multiple Pregnancies and the Law in Australia
Davis, Colleen and Douglas, Heather (2014). Selective Reduction of Fetuses in Multiple Pregnancies and the Law in Australia. Journal of Law and Medicine, 22 (1), 155-173.
Funding
Supervision
Availability
- Honorary Professor Heather Douglas is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Criminal law and procedure
- disclosure and fair trial;
- unrepresented defendants in criminal matters and the role of judges;
- post-sentence detention (eg: dangerous offenders, indefinites sentences etc.
For further information contact Professor Heather Douglas, e: h.douglas@law.uq.edu.au
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Topics that explore legal issues related to domestic and family violence
- use of exclusion or ouster orders in legislation and by the courts;
- development of specific offences (stalking, torture etc) and their implementation;
- development of defences (eg provocation, battered persons defence) and use in courts;
- role of the victim in charge and prosecution of criminal offences;
- special courts and alternative justice mechanisms in domestic and family violence matters.
For further information contact Professor Heather Douglas, e: h.douglas@law.uq.edu.au
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
The Criminal Justice Journeys of Incarcerated Women who have Experienced Non-Fatal Strangulation: Conceptualising a Trauma- and Gender-informed Approach to Correctional Care.
Associate Advisor
Completed supervision
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Unrepresented Defendants in Criminal Trials in Bhutan: A Comparative Study between Australia and Bhutan
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Francesca Bartlett
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Migration and domestic violence: Women's experiences of proving domestic violence as a requirement for permanent residency in Australia
Principal Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
The Charging Decision: Accountability, Transparency, and Control of the Decision to Prosecute
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Child Death, Neglect & Criminal Responsibility: The (In)adequacy of the Law of Homicide in Australia in Cases of Child Fatality Resulting from Parental Neglect
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andreas Schloenhardt
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Does Australia's law governing fitness for trial for summary offences protect the human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Devereux
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
The role of the victim in criminal proceedings in Australia and Germany - a comparison
Principal Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
The criminal law implications for doctors who perform sacrificial separation surgery on conjoined twins
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
A Trauma-Informed Non-Fatal Strangulation Trial: Victim-Witnesses, Brain Injury and PTSD
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Caitlin Goss
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Murri Courts: An ethnography of Indigenous sentencing courts in Southeast Queensland, Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sally Babidge, Associate Professor Gerhard Hoffstaedter
Media
Enquiries
Contact Honorary Professor Heather Douglas directly for media enquiries about:
- Aboriginal peoples and criminal law
- Aboriginal peoples and domestic violence
- Abortion and the law
- Australian judicial decision-making
- Criminal law and Indigenous people
- Criminal law and procedure
- Domestic violence
- Domestic violence in Indigenous communities
- Family violence
- FASD
- Feminism
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and the Law
- Human rights
- Indigenous people and criminal law
- law reform
- sentencing
- Social justice law
- Stalking and technology facilitated abuse
- Violence - domestic
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