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Helen Rhoades, Shurlee Swain and Margaret Harrison - 2003 ARC Linkage Project
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Project Title
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How Much is it Worth? Legal Discourses and Everyday Understandings of Families, Work and Property
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Duration
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2003-2005
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Funding
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$106,963
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Partner Organisation(s)
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Family Court of Australia
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Investigators
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Helen Rhoades, Shurlee Swain and Margaret Harrison
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Project Summary
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This project will analyse the extent of congruence between the legal discourses and everyday understandings of the contributions made by partners in married and unmarried relationships that form the basis for property division when relationships end. Its claim to innovation lies in its interdisciplinary approach, positioning such understandings within their wider historical and cultural contexts. The project's findings will inform the ongoing and divisive debates between the court, the media and consumers about the justice of such distributions in Australia, providing a basis for design of laws that better meet the needs of the diverse range of Australian families.
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