Dr Becky Batagol

Publications

2011

Book

B Batagol, T Brown, Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: the Case of Family Mediation, (Federation Press, Sydney NSW 2011).

Journal article

D Bagshaw, T Brown, S Wendt, A Campbell, E McInnes, B Tinning, B Batagol, A Sifris, D Tyson, J Baker, P Fernandez Arias, P. "The effect of family violence on post-separation parenting arrangements: the experiences and views of children and adults from families who separated post-1995 and post-2006', (2011) 86 Family Matters  49-61.

Conference Proceedings

B Batagol, 'Better get a lawyer, son: the role of lawyers in child protection matters', (Paper presented at Child Protection Legal Conference, , Children's Court of Victoria, Australia, Melbourne Vic 16-17 June 2011, pp. 1-14.

B Batagol, 'Better get a lawyer, son: the role of lawyers in child protection matters', (Paper presented at the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration 'Child Protection in Australia and New Zealand Conference: Issues and Challenges for Judicial Administration', Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration, Brisbane Qld 5-7 May 2011).

2010

Other publications by Dr Batagol are available at:
http://ssrn.com/author=106603

King M and Batagol B, 'Enforcer, manager or leader? The judicial role in family violence courts' (2010)  International Journal of Law and Psychiatry (Forthcoming) 

Batagol B, and Brown T, Use of Law in Family Mediation in Australia. Federation Press (Themis press imprint). (Forthcoming)

2009

King M, Freiberg A, Batagol B and Hyams, R. Non-Adversarial Justice Federation Press, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia (2009).

2008

Batagol, B., 'Fomenters of Strife, Gladiatorial Champions or Something Else Entirely? Lawyers and Family Dispute Resolution' (2008) 8 Queensland University of Technology Law and Justice Journal 24-45 (special edition on contemporary Australian ADR research).

Batagol, B. Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law? The Case of Family Mediation PhD thesis, Faculty of Law Monash University, 2008.

Conference papers:

Batagol, B., Rathus, Z., Behrens, J., and Rowe, M. ‘What Mum Dad, What Dad Did,’ Family Relationship Services Australia National Conference, Cairns, November 2008.

Batagol, B. ‘Re-visiting the Shadow of the Law? The Case of Divorce Mediation in Australia.’ Washington College of Law Visit, American University, Washington DC, September 2008.

Batagol, B. ‘Is there still room for law? The shadow of the law over private negotiations’, Monash University Law, Research BITE presentation, October 2008.

Batagol, B. ‘Reading the Landscape of Power: How Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners Understand Power.’ 9th National Mediation Conference, Perth, September 2008. Podcast available at: http://www.leadr.com.au/conferencesevents.htm

Batagol, B. Invited presentation to National Legal Aid Dispute Resolution Forum, Perth, WA
September 2008

Batagol, B. ‘Re-visiting the Shadow of the Law? The Case of Family Mediation in Australia.’ Research Committee in the Sociology of Law, Annual Meeting, Milan-Como, Italy, July 2008.
 
King, M., and Batagol, B. ‘Enforcer, Manager or Leader? The Judicial Role in Family Violence Courts’ Just Partners, Family Violence, Specialist Courts and the Idea of Integration Conference, Canberra, May 2008.

2007

Freiberg, A., King, M., Hyams, R. and Batagol, B. Submission to Victorian Parliament Law reform Committee: 'Inquiry into ADR in Victoria' November 2007
Available on-line at:
http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/LAWREFORM/inquiries/ADR/submissions/ADR-7-MonashUniversity.pdf

Batagol, B. 'Whose Best Interests?' Invited paper, Queensland Law Society Family Law Residential, Sept 2007

Batagol, B. 'Fomenters of Strife? Lawyers and family dispute resolution in Australia'. National ADR Advisory Council Research Roundtable, Third National ADR Research Forum, La Trobe University, Melb. July 2007

2006

Batagol, B., and Fletcher, J. Women's Legal Services Australia Submission to Family Law Council Inquiry 'Relocation issues in family law' 19 April 2006

Conference papers:

'Learning from Research - Suggestions for Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners in the New Family Law System', National Mediation Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, May 2006

2005

Banks, C., Batagol, B., Carson, R., Fehlberg, B., Harrison, M., Hunter, R., Kaspiew, R, Maclean, M., Rathus, Z., Rhoades, H., Sheehan, G. and Young, L. ‘Review of the Exposure Draft of Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005’ (2005) 19 Australian Journal of Family Law 79.

Conference papers and submissions:

Batagol, B. 'Family Mediation in Australia: Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law? ' W.G. Hart Legal Workshop, Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, June 2005.

Batagol, B. 'Hired Guns and Unprincipled Mercenaries? Attitudes Towards Family Lawyers in Australia'. Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy Seminar, June 2005.

Banks, C., Batagol, B., Carson, R., Fehlberg, B., Harrison, M., Hunter, R., Kaspiew, R, Maclean, M., Rathus, Z., Rhoades, H., Sheehan, G. and Young, L. Submission to House of Representatives Legal Aid and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005’ (2005). Available on-line at:
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/laca/familylaw/subs/Sub029.pdf

Maclean, B., and Batagol, B. Submission to Family Law Council on the Discussion Paper: 'The Child Paramountcy Principle', June 2005.

Batagol, B. 'Fomenters of Strife: Attitudes Towards Lawyers in Australian Family Law'  Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference, University of Liverpool, April 2005.

Invited oral presentation of research on family mediation in Australia and recent reforms to Australian family law. Scottish Executive, Edinburgh, U.K. July 2005.

2004

2003

‘A rebuttable presumption of joint custody: research vs ideology in the battle over our children’ (2003) 28(5) Alternative Law Journal 230

Submission to Joint Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs, Parliament of Australia to the Child Custody Arrangements Inquiry on behalf of the Castan Centre for Human Rights, Monash University, August 2003.