Dr Esther Erlings

Esther joined Flinders Law School as a lecturer in 2017. Prior to that she lived in Hong Kong, where she completed her PhD and worked at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Esther has a background in both civil and common law, with expertise in family law and human rights in France, England and Hong Kong. Her research focuses on ways in which the law and dispute resolution empower – or disempower – traditionally disadvantaged groups in society, such as children and minorities. She takes a specific interest in the horizontal effect of human rights (especially in relation to parental responsibility/authority/rights), parent-child dispute resolution, the right to education (particularly within the context of homeschooling), law & religion, and equality.

Esther recently published her monograph Religious Rights within the Family: From Coerced Manifestation to Dispute Resolution in France, England and Hong Kong with Routledge. Her latest article Hong Kong Boarding School Applications, High Conflict Divorce and Strategic Diversion: Is ‘Sending Child J Abroad’ the Solution? is available here.