Ms Laura Grenfell

Telephone	+61 8 8303 5777
Position	Lecturer
Email	laura.grenfell@adelaide.edu.au
Fax	+61 8 8303 4344
Building	Ligertwood
Floor/Room	3 12
Campus	North Terrace
Org Unit	Law School

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Biography/ Background

Laura Grenfell teaches and researches in public law. She has a particular interest in constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, human rights law and post-conflict justice. She is currently researching the relationship between the rule of law and legal pluralism in South Africa and Timor-Leste.

Laura is the Book Review Editor of the Adelaide Law Review and the Director of the Law School's Human Rights Internship Programme.

Before joining academia in 2002, Laura practised constitutional law with the Crown Solicitor's Office of South Australia and was an associate in the Supreme Court of South Australia.

Teaching Interests

Principal Subjects Taught

Comparative Constitutional Law
Human Rights Law
Human Rights Internship Programme
Australian Constitutional Law

Qualifications

Education and Professional

B.A. (Hons), LLB (Hons), Adelaide

GCLP

LLM (University of Toronto)

PhD Candidate (ANU)

Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia

Enrolled on the High Court list of Practitioners

Research Interests

Post-Conflict Justice
Public Law
Human Rights Law
Comparative Law
Feminist Legal Theory

Publications

Major Publications

"Legal Pluralism and the Rule of Law in Timor Leste" (2006) 19 Leiden Journal of International Law 305-337

"The Participation of Afghan Women in the Reconstruction Process" (2004) 12/1 Human Rights Brief 22-25

"Paths to Transitional Justice for Afghan Women" (2004) 73 Nordic Journal of International Law 505-534

"Making Sex: Law's Narratives of Sex, Gender and Identity" (2003) 23 Legal Studies 66-103

"Embracing Law's Categories: Anti-Discrimination Laws and Transgenderism" (2003) 15 Spring Issue Yale Journal of Law and Feminism 1-55

"'Carmilla': The Red Flag of Nineteenth Century Vampire Narratives" (2003) 33/34 Tessera - Blood/Le Sang 152-167

"The International Crime of Gender-Based Persecution and the Taliban" (2003) 5 Melbourne Journal of International Law 347-375 (co-authored with Widney A. Brown)

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 28 Aug 2007

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