Dr Laura Grenfell

Biography/ Background

Dr 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.

Laura is 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.

Laura has a LLM from the University of Toronto (2000-2001).  In December 2009 Laura was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy from the Australian National University.  Her PhD was entitled: "The Relationship Between Legal Pluralism and the Rule of Law in Timor-Leste and South Africa".

Qualifications

Education and Professional

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

GCLP

LLM (University of Toronto)

PhD (ANU)

Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia

Enrolled on the High Court list of Practitioners

Teaching Interests

Principal Subjects Taught

Comparative Constitutional Law
Human Rights Law
Human Rights Internship Programme
Principles of Public Law and Australian Constitutional Law

Teaching Prizes: Faculty of the Professions Teaching Prize 2010; University of Adelaide Excellence in Education Award 2010

 

Research Interests

Post-Conflict Justice

Public Law

Human Rights Law

Comparative Law

Feminist Legal Theory

Publications

Major Publications

Australian Public Law (coauthored with Alex Reilly, Gabrielle Appleby and Wendy Lacey) (Oxford University Pres s2011)

 

"Promoting the rule of law in Timor-Leste" in Vandra Harris and Andrew Goldsmith (eds), Security, Development and Nation-Building in Timor-Leste: A Cross Sectoral Assessment (Routledge 2011)

 

“Harnessing Local Law in the Post-Conflict State: The Case of Timor-Leste” in William Binchy (ed), Timor-Leste: Challenges for Justice and Human Rights in the Shadow of the Past (Clarus Press 2009)

 

“Legal Pluralism and the Challenge of Building the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict States: A Case-Study of Timor-Leste” in B Bowden, H Charlesworth and J Farrall (eds), The Role of International Law in Rebuilding Societies after Conflict:  Great Expectations (Cambridge University Press 2009)

 

“Promoting the Rule of Law in Timor-Leste” (2009) 9 Conflict, Security and Development 213-238

"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, 20 Sep 2011