Homelessness and the law
Walsh, Tamara2011
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This book explores the many ways in which laws in Australia, at federal, State and Territory level, operate to cause or perpetuate homelessness, as well as how the law might be used to address the causes and consequences of homelessness
Main title:
Homelessness and the law / by Tamara Walsh
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Imprint:
Annandale The Federation Press 2011
Collation:
291 p
Contents:
1. Legal conceptions of home and homelessness -- 2. Legal responses to houselessness -- 3. Law and order approaches to homelessness : offences and deffences -- 4. Social welfare law : income, family and the home -- 5. Impairment, disability and incapacity : decision-making and homelessness -- 6. Homelessness and inequality : discrimination and access to justice -- 7. Homelessness as a violation of human rights
ISBN:
9781862878143 (pbk)
Dewey class:
344.94 HOM
Local class:
344.94
Language:
English
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BRN:
93837
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