Prof Elizabeth Handsley

Position/s:Professor of Law
Flinders Law School
Phone: +61 8 82015256
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Location: Law Commerce (2.10)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

Elizabeth Handsley joined the staff at Flinders in 1996, and has taught also at law schools in Sydney and Perth. She teaches constitutional law, tort law and aspects of media law. Since 2010 Elizabeth has been the Co-convenor, with Dr Michael Rich of the Children's Hospital, Boston, of the Harvard-Australia Symposium on Media Use and Children's Well-Being.

She has received a Carrick Citation for Excellence in Teaching, for the collaborative learning programme she designed and implemented in Constitutional Law, and she is currently serving for a second time as Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) in the School of Law. In 2008 she was the Faculty Scholar for Education, Law and Humanities, completing a project on the alignment of assessment and learning outcomes.

In 2011 she was a visiting researcher at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, where she researched the Swedish approach to balancing freedom of expression and children's interests.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws (UNSW)

Master of Laws (Northwestern)

Key responsibilities

Member, Executive Committee, Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity

Teaching

Teaching interests

  • Constitutional law
  • Media law

Topic Coordinator:

  • LLAW2212  The Constitution and the Australian Federation [International / Comparative I]
  • LLAW2221  The Constitution and the Australian People [Indigenous / Social Justice I]

Research and supervision

Research interests

  • Media law, especially as it applies for the protection of children's interests
  • Classification law
  • Broadcasting regulation
  • Advertising regulation, especially food advertising
  • Defamation
  • Contempt
  • Sedition
  • Judicial power
  • Judicial selection processes, especially continental
  • Judicial accountability

Supervisory interests

  • Advertising regulation
  • Broadcasting regulation
  • Children's media law
  • Classification law
  • Constitutional law
  • Contempt law
  • Defamation law
  • Judicial independence
  • Media law 
  • Obesity prevention, children

RHD research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Comparison between Vietnamese and Australian media law (1); Commercial radio regulation (1);

Associate supervisor: Parents' and children's perceptions of food advertising to children (1); Obesity prevention laws (1);

Completion

Principal supervisor: Regulation of food advertising to children (1);

Publications

Book chapters
Handsley, E. (2012). There oughta be a law: The (potential) role of law and regulation in slowing down and calming down. In Wayne Warburton & Danya Braunstein, ed. Growing up Fast and Furious. Sydney, NSW: Federation Press, pp. 175-196. [online]. http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862878235.
Handsley, E. (2011). L'Australie, exemple d'un etat federal. In Voyages du Droit: Melanges en l'honneur de Dominique Breillat. Poitiers, France: Presses Universitaires Juridiques de Poitiers, pp. 273-283.
Handsley, E. (2009). Le recrutement des magistrats en France et en Australie. In Joel Monnet, ed. Huitiemes Journees Rene Savatier: Communautes, discriminations et identite. Poitiers, France: Universite de Poitiers, pp. 159-163.
Handsley, E. and Phiddian, R.A. (2008). Political Cartoonists and the Law. In R. Phiddian and H. Manning, ed. Comic Commentators: Contemporary Political Cartooning in Australia. Perth: Network Books, pp. 63-90.
Handsley, E. (2007). What's in it for Children? Dedicated Channels and the Effectiveness of Regulation. In Andrew T Kenyon, ed. TV Futures: Digital Television Policy in Australia. Carlton, VIC: Melbourne University Press, pp. 386-403.
Handsley, E. (2006). The judicial whisper goes around: appointment of judicial officers in Australia. In Kate Malleson, Peter Russell, ed. Appointing Judges in an Age of Judicial Power: Critical Perspectives from Around the World. Toronto, ON Canada: University of Toronto Press, pp. 122-144.
Refereed journal articles
Mehta, K., Phillips, C., Ward, P., Coveney, J., Handsley, E. and Carter, P. (2012). Marketing foods to children through product packaging: prolific, unhealthy and misleading. Public Health Nutrition, 15(9), pp.1763-1770. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980012001231.
Handsley, E. and Hughes, C. (2011). Voluntary Codes No Real Protection for Kids. Viewpoint, (7), pp.32-37.
Handsley, E. and Warburton, W. (2010). The R18+ Games Debate: A Critical Analysis of the Arguments. Viewpoint, 1(4), pp.44-49.
Handsley, E., Mehta, K.P., Coveney, J.D. and Nehmy, C.S. (2009). Regulatory Axes on Food Advertising to Children. Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, 6(1). [online]. http://www.anzhealthpolicy.com/content/6/1/1.

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Book chapters
Handsley, E. (2012). There oughta be a law: The (potential) role of law and regulation in slowing down and calming down. In Wayne Warburton & Danya Braunstein, ed. Growing up Fast and Furious. Sydney, NSW: Federation Press, pp. 175-196. [online]. http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862878235.
Handsley, E. (2011). L'Australie, exemple d'un etat federal. In Voyages du Droit: Melanges en l'honneur de Dominique Breillat. Poitiers, France: Presses Universitaires Juridiques de Poitiers, pp. 273-283.
Handsley, E. (2009). Le recrutement des magistrats en France et en Australie. In Joel Monnet, ed. Huitiemes Journees Rene Savatier: Communautes, discriminations et identite. Poitiers, France: Universite de Poitiers, pp. 159-163.
Handsley, E. and Phiddian, R.A. (2008). Political Cartoonists and the Law. In R. Phiddian and H. Manning, ed. Comic Commentators: Contemporary Political Cartooning in Australia. Perth: Network Books, pp. 63-90.
Handsley, E. (2007). What's in it for Children? Dedicated Channels and the Effectiveness of Regulation. In Andrew T Kenyon, ed. TV Futures: Digital Television Policy in Australia. Carlton, VIC: Melbourne University Press, pp. 386-403.
Handsley, E. (2006). The judicial whisper goes around: appointment of judicial officers in Australia. In Kate Malleson, Peter Russell, ed. Appointing Judges in an Age of Judicial Power: Critical Perspectives from Around the World. Toronto, ON Canada: University of Toronto Press, pp. 122-144.
Refereed journal articles
Mehta, K., Phillips, C., Ward, P., Coveney, J., Handsley, E. and Carter, P. (2012). Marketing foods to children through product packaging: prolific, unhealthy and misleading. Public Health Nutrition, 15(9), pp.1763-1770. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980012001231.
Handsley, E. and Hughes, C. (2011). Voluntary Codes No Real Protection for Kids. Viewpoint, (7), pp.32-37.
Handsley, E. and Warburton, W. (2010). The R18+ Games Debate: A Critical Analysis of the Arguments. Viewpoint, 1(4), pp.44-49.
Handsley, E., Mehta, K.P., Coveney, J.D. and Nehmy, C.S. (2009). Regulatory Axes on Food Advertising to Children. Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, 6(1). [online]. http://www.anzhealthpolicy.com/content/6/1/1.
Handsley, E. (2008). Comment on Patrick Keyzer, Preserving Due Processes or Warehousing the Undesirables: To What End the Separation of Judicial Power of the Commonwealth? Sydney Law Review, 30, pp.115-119.
Handsley, E., Nehmy, C.S., Mehta, K.P. and Coveney, J.D. (2007). Media, public health and law: A lawyer's primer on the food advertising debate. Media and Arts Law Review, 12(1), pp.1-20. [online]. http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/cmcl/malr/contents1214.html.
Handsley, E. (2006). Class actions. Torts Law Journal, 14(3), pp.301-310.
Handsley, E., Davis, G. and Israel, M.A. (2005). Law school lemonade - or can you turn external pressures into educational advantages? Griffith Law Review, 14(1), pp.108-133.
Israel, M.A., Handsley, E. and Davis, G. (2004). It's the vibe: fostering student collaborative learning in constitutional law in Australia. The Law Teacher, 38(1), pp.1-26.
Handsley, E. (2003). Sullivan v Moody: Foreseeability of injury is not enough to found a duty of care in negligence - but should it be? Torts Law Journal, 11(1), pp.1-10.
Handsley, E. (2001). Can Public Sector Approaches to Accountability be Applied to the Judiciary. Law in Context, 18(1), pp.62-101.
Handsley, E. (2001). Issues Paper on Judicial Accountability. Journal of Judicial Administration, 10(4), pp.180-226.
Handsley, E. (2001). The media and public misconceptions about the judiciary. Media and Arts Law Review, 6(2), pp.97-112.
Handsley, E. and Davis, G. (2001). Defamation and Satire: Hanson v Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Torts Law Journal, 9(1), pp.1-13.
Journal articles
Handsley, E. (2001). Review Essay. AQ (Australian Quarterly), 73(2), pp.34-38.
Conference publications
Mehta, K.P., Coveney, J.D., Ward, P.R. and Handsley, E. (2009). Parent's and children's awareness of food & beverage marketing on non-broadcast media. In 17th European Congress on Obesity (ECO2009). pp. 55-55.
Handsley, E., Nehmy, C.S., Coveney, J.D. and Mehta, K.P. (2006). Evaluating diverse models for the regulation of food advertising to children on television. In Obesity Reviews: Abstracts of the 10th International Congress on Obesity (ICO). 10th International Congress on Obesity (ICO) 2006. pp. 268-268. [online]. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118556528/PDFSTART.
Other public research outputs
Coveney, J.D., Ward, P., Mehta, K. and Handsley, E. (2010). Targeting Children with Integrated Marketing Communications (Report to SA Health). Report to SA Health.
Coveney, J.D., Mehta, K.P., Ward, P.R. and Handsley, E. (2010). Children and Food Marketing Research Project (Final report - Children and Food Marketing Research Project.). Final Report to SA Health.
Mehta, K.P., Phillips, C., Banytis, F.H., Ward, P.R., Coveney, J.D. and Handsley, E. (2010). Marketing Food and Beverages to Children via Product Packaging in Supermarkets (Report to SA Health). Report to SA Health.
Mehta, K., Phillips, S., Ward, P., Coveney, J.D. and Handsley, E. (2010). Marketing Food and Beverages to Children, on three Internet platforms: Company websites, Popular websites and Social network websites. Report to SA Health.
Mehta, K., Coveney, J.D., Ward, P. and Handsley, E. (2010). Parent's and Children's Awareness and Experience of Food Beverage Marketing on Non-Boroadcast Media (Report to SA Health). Report to SA Health.
Mehta, K., Banytis, F., Coveney, J.D., Ward, P. and Handsley, E. (2010). Food and Beverage Sponsorships of Children's Sport in South Australia: A Pilot Study (Report to SA Health). Report to SA Health.
Handsley, E., Nelson, S., Coveney, J.D., Mehta, K. and Ward, P. (2010). International Regulation of Non-Broadcast Marketing of Food to Children (Report to SA Health). Report to SA Health.
Nehmy, C., Handsley, E., Mehta, K. and Coveney, J.D. (2008). Food Advertising to Children: Evaluation of Diverse Regulatory Models. Report on ARC Linkage Study.

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Professional and community engagement

Since 2010 Elizabeth has been President of the Australian Council on Children and the Media, and she was Vice-President fro 6 years before that. ACCM is a national community organisation that collects and disseminates information on children and the media, as well as bringing a child development perspective to bear on all debates on children and the media, including and especially violence, commercial exploitation and premature sexualisation. Through her involvement in the Council Elizabeth has contributed to numerous submissions to reviews and inquiries, and given interviews in newspapers and on radio and television.

Expertise for media contact

  • Film and Literature Classification
  • Broadcasting including online services, Australian and children's content regulation
  • Children's Media sexualised images of children, food and other advertising, classification of films and computer games
  • Judicial Independence including processes for selecting/appointing judges
  • Gender Bias in The Judiciary
  • Freedom of Expression including comparison with US
  • Constitutional Law

Subject/s

  • Censorship
  • Constitution
  • Equal Opportunity
  • Fertility
  • Internet
  • Law
  • Media
  • Men
  • Republican Debate
  • Women


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