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Elise Parham

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Elise Parham's research interests include the possibilities for legal protection of human rights and the ramifications of affirmative action programs.  In 2010 she worked as an Adjunct Scholar, Social Foundations Program. She left the CIS to complete the requirements to become a lawyer.  Elise recently completed degrees in Law (Hons) and Economics at the Australian National University.

 

Publications by Author

  1. Behind the Moral Curtain: The Politics of a Charter of Rights

    Elise Parham | 01 Feb 2010 | Policy Monographs

    Elise Parham argues that a federal charter of rights would be used by special interest groups as a powerful political tool.... Read More...

Opinion & Commentary by Author

  1. Rights charter would empower only lobbyists

    Elise Parham | 04 Feb 2010 | The Australian

    A federal charter of rights would only empower special interest groups.

  2. Charter of rights no protection for the vulnerable

    Elise Parham | 02 Feb 2010 | Open Forum

    A charter of rights that many of us imagine will not be the charter we actually get.

Ideas@TheCentre by Author

  1. Our enigmatic charter

    Elise Parham | 29 Jan 2010 | Ideas@The Centre

    Classical liberals seem torn over whether we should introduce a federal charter of rights that lists human rights and ways... Read More

  2. That’s discrimination!

    Elise Parham | 20 Nov 2009 | Ideas@The Centre

    Many a bemused journalistic eye has this week turned to the human rights commissions, who have been busily cracking down... Read More

  3. Government’s love-hate relationship with lawyers

    Elise Parham | 16 Oct 2009 | Ideas@The Centre

    The release of a report on human rights last week sparked another flurry of commentary on the possibility of the Rudd government... Read More

  4. Class actions pose a risk we all have to bear

    Elise Parham | 11 Sep 2009 | Ideas@The Centre

    Except for a droll few, most people wouldn’t argue the virtues and vices of class actions at Friday night drinks. But,... Read More

  5. Desegregation misfires

    Elise Parham | 14 Aug 2009 | Ideas@The Centre

    Top down approaches by western governments to end race segregation are dislocating well-functioning communities.

  6. Tip: Spaghetti Alliance best prepared in someone else’s kitchen

    Elise Parham | 03 Jul 2009 | Ideas@The Centre

    Take a liberal handful of an over-confident American President and let him make jokes about his greatness