Homelessness and the Law

Tamara Walsh’s comprehensive, insightful and rigorous examination of the fraught intersection between homelessness and the Australian legal system is, as she says, the culmination of many years of research… Dr Walsh’s book Homelessness and the Law powerfully demonstrates the potential for the law to improve one of Australia’s gravest, if largely hidden, social problems. At the same time, it demonstrates the limitations on what can be achieved through the legal system. It is a book worthy of close study not only by lawyers interested in social justice, but by anyone troubled about one of the most serious manifestations of inequality in Australian society. - Justice Ronald Sackville, from the Foreword

Dr. Tamara Walsh teaches and researches at the University of Queensland. Her research in the broad field of social welfare law has included examinations of public space law, child protection interventions, social security fraud and social exclusion. Her research has been widely published, both in Australia and internationally. She also lectures in human rights law, discrimination law and constitutional law. She has degrees in both law and social work.