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Helen Rhoades and Shurlee Swain - 2008 ARC Discovery Project
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Project Title
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The Helping Court: Examining the Early History of the Family Court of Australia
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Duration
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2008-2010
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Funding
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$350,000
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Chief Investigators
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Ms Helen Rhoades and Professor Shurlee Swain (School of Arts and Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Victoria)
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Project Summary
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This project will benefit the many Australian families involved in divorce by analysing the process by which the Family Court of Australia, designed to reduce the acrimony and costs associated with fault-based adversarial processes, so quickly became a focus for criticism and violence. By identifying continuity and change in both the issues underlying disputes in the family law system and the strategies adopted to overcome them it will help to stabilise dispute resolution policies and reduce the need for review and adjustment in the future.
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