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Summary Report Of A Faculty Colloquium Held On The Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ Of The Holy Father Francis On Care For Our Common Home, Mark C. Kiley May 2016

Summary Report Of A Faculty Colloquium Held On The Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ Of The Holy Father Francis On Care For Our Common Home, Mark C. Kiley

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

The Papal Encyclical, issued in summer of 2015, elicited the attention of ten faculty members in St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. All but two of the participants were faculty members based primarily in Staten Island. What follows is a collection of highlights from the formal presentations.


Human Security And Livelihoods In Savo Island, Solomon Islands: Engaging With The Market Economy: A Report For Honiara City Council., Nichole Georgeou, Charles Hawksley, Anouk Ride, Melinda Kii, Walter Turasi Jan 2015

Human Security And Livelihoods In Savo Island, Solomon Islands: Engaging With The Market Economy: A Report For Honiara City Council., Nichole Georgeou, Charles Hawksley, Anouk Ride, Melinda Kii, Walter Turasi

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

This independent research report, Human Security and Livelihoods in Savo Island, Solomon Islands: Engaging with the Market Economy, aims to identify the ways in which Solomon Islanders from Savo Island engage with the Honiara Central Market (HCM). The main aim of the project is to provide evidence-based research that can inform government and donor responses to issues of economic development and human security on Savo Island, expecially as they relate to issues of agricultural production and the articulation of Savo Island with the urban centre of Honiara. The research was funded by the Australian Catholic Univsersity and University of Wollongong.


Addressing Corruption In Pacific Islands Fisheries: A Report/Prepared For Iucn Profish Law Enforcement, Corruption And Fisheries Project, Ben M. Tsamenyi, Quentin A. Hanich Apr 2014

Addressing Corruption In Pacific Islands Fisheries: A Report/Prepared For Iucn Profish Law Enforcement, Corruption And Fisheries Project, Ben M. Tsamenyi, Quentin A. Hanich

Quentin Hanich

No abstract provided.


Addressing Corruption In Pacific Islands Fisheries: A Report/Prepared For Iucn Profish Law Enforcement, Corruption And Fisheries Project, Ben M. Tsamenyi, Quentin A. Hanich Mar 2013

Addressing Corruption In Pacific Islands Fisheries: A Report/Prepared For Iucn Profish Law Enforcement, Corruption And Fisheries Project, Ben M. Tsamenyi, Quentin A. Hanich

Professor Ben M Tsamenyi

No abstract provided.


'Section 32: A Report On The Human Service And Criminal Pathways Of People Diagnosed With Mental Health Disorder And Cognitive Disability In The Criminal Justice System Who Have Received Orders Under The Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 (Nsw)', Linda Roslyn Steele, Leanne Dowse, Julian Trofimovs Jan 2013

'Section 32: A Report On The Human Service And Criminal Pathways Of People Diagnosed With Mental Health Disorder And Cognitive Disability In The Criminal Justice System Who Have Received Orders Under The Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 (Nsw)', Linda Roslyn Steele, Leanne Dowse, Julian Trofimovs

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

A brief discussion of the MHDCD Project is appropriate in order to contextualise the Section 32 MHDCD Project. The MHDCD Project concerns a cohort of 2,731 men and women, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, who have been in prison in New South Wales and whose mental health disorder and cognitive disability diagnoses are known (the 'MHDCD cohort'). The cohort was drawn from the 2001 NSW Inmate Health Survey (IHS) and from the NSW Department of Corrective Services State-wide Disability Service Database (SDD). Ethics approval was obtained from all of the relevant ethics bodies, including from the University of New South Wales …


The Young Report: An Australian Perspective On The Latest Response To Britain's "Compensation Culture", James Goudkamp Jan 2012

The Young Report: An Australian Perspective On The Latest Response To Britain's "Compensation Culture", James Goudkamp

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

This article addresses the Young Report, which is an important recent response to Britain's putative ‘compensation culture’. This report is examined with reference to the far-reaching reforms of tort law that occurred in Australia at the start of the twenty-first century. The analysis reveals that while there are certain similarities in the way in which tort law has been reformed in Australia and Britain, the reform experience in these jurisdictions has been quite different. The main difference is that attention in Britain has centred on the system of procedure by which tort law is administered whereas in Australia the focus …


Detention Of Non-State Actors Engaged In Hostilities: The Future Law – Summary Report, Gregory L. Rose Jan 2012

Detention Of Non-State Actors Engaged In Hostilities: The Future Law – Summary Report, Gregory L. Rose

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

On 15 and 16 December 2011 a conference and workshop were held at the Institute for Transnational and Maritime Security in the Faculty of Law at the University of Wollongong. The conference and workshop were funded by the Australian Civil–Military Centre under a research grant to the university, and the aim was to explore emerging law relating to the detention of non-state actors engaged in hostilities. Discussion centred on legal aspects of the power to detain, processes for transferring a detainee to either another armed force or the local law enforcement authorities, and the legal regimes applicable to this category …


Socio-Economic Activity And Water Use In Australia's Tropical Rivers: A Case Study In The Mitchell And Daly River Catchments: Final Report For The Tropical Rivers And Coastal Knowledge Research Consortium, Natalie Stoeckl, Michelle Esparon, Owen Stanley, Marina Farr, Aurelie Delisle, Zulgerel Altai Jan 2011

Socio-Economic Activity And Water Use In Australia's Tropical Rivers: A Case Study In The Mitchell And Daly River Catchments: Final Report For The Tropical Rivers And Coastal Knowledge Research Consortium, Natalie Stoeckl, Michelle Esparon, Owen Stanley, Marina Farr, Aurelie Delisle, Zulgerel Altai

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge (TRaCK) is a research hub that was established in 2007 under the Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities Program. Its aim is to provide the science and other knowledge that governments, communities and industries need for the sustainable use and management of Australia’s tropical rivers and estuaries.


Addressing Corruption In Pacific Islands Fisheries: A Report/Prepared For Iucn Profish Law Enforcement, Corruption And Fisheries Project, Ben M. Tsamenyi, Quentin A. Hanich Jan 2008

Addressing Corruption In Pacific Islands Fisheries: A Report/Prepared For Iucn Profish Law Enforcement, Corruption And Fisheries Project, Ben M. Tsamenyi, Quentin A. Hanich

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

No abstract provided.