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Higher Education and the Law

Higher Education and the Law

Author: Sally Varnham; Patty Kamvounias; Joan Squelch
Publisher: The Federation Press
ISBN: 9781760020255
Published In: June 2015
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: Australia ? Disclaimer:
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This book is the first in Australia dedicated to the legal environment of our universities. The law both drives and governs the evolution of Australia’s strong and vibrant system of higher education. Here, experts explore a wide range of areas of topical and salient interest, providing a comprehensive resource for those both within and outside the sector, including managers, governors, academics, legal practitioners and all who have an interest in the impact of the law on its operations.

While their primary function today remains the provision of higher education and research, Australia’s universities are now large commercial global corporations. Their operations involve the management of a diverse range of relationships, both internal and external, and the law plays a central role in these. Higher Education and the Law first considers the legal framework of the higher education sector and the relationships universities have externally, particularly with government – their governance, their funding and accountability, and their maintenance of high standards and quality. It then traverses many of the areas where the law has a significant impact on the relationships universities have with their students and their staff.

In a clear and readable style, the book covers matters from anti-discrimination and equal opportunity, transparency and due process in decision-making, employment and student matters, to property rights such as copyright and ownership of intellectual property. It focuses on those issues of the most practical relevance to today’s higher education environment.

Foreword by Pamela Madafiglio and John Birrell

Preface

About the Contributors

Table of Cases

Table of Statutes

Introduction to Higher Education and the Law

Sally Varnham, Patty Kamvounias and Joan Squelch

PART I: THE LAW OF HIGHER EDUCATION

1. The Legal Framework of Higher Education

Joan Squelch

2. University Governance: Responsibility and Accountability

Sally Varnham