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Margaret Thornton

Australian National University - ANU College of Law

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200

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1.

The Law School, the Market and the New Knowledge Economy

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The Law School, the Market and the New Knowledge Economy

Legal Education Review, Vol. 17, Nos. 1-2, pp. 1-26, 2007, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 08-14
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 22 May 2008
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
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Law school, legal education, commodification, competition policy

The Law School, the Market, and the New Knowledge Economy

CLPE Research Paper No. 23/09
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Sep 2009
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 71 (280,497)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Legal education, Knowledge economy, Neoliberal legal knowledge

2.

The Gender Trap: Flexible Work in Corporate Legal Practice

Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 773-811, 2007, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 08-15
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 23 May 2008 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2009
Margaret Thornton and Joanne Bagust
Australian National University - ANU College of Law and Deakin University
Downloads 187 (111,118)

Abstract:

Gender, legal practice, flexible work

3.

Corrosive Leadership (or Bullying by Another Name): A Corollary of the Corporatised Academy?

Australian Journal of Labour Law, Vol. 17, pp. 161-184, 2004
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Dec 2008
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 183 (108,786)
Citation 1

Abstract:

bullying, universities, corporatisation, remedies

4.

Age Discrimination in Turbulent Times

Griffith Law Review: Law Theory Society, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 141-171, 2010, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 10-83
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Nov 2010
Margaret Thornton and Trish Luker
Australian National University - ANU College of Law and University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law
Downloads 168 (138,340)

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Age, Employment, Anti-Discrimination Legislation, Youthism, Australia

5.

'Otherness' on the Bench: How Merit is Gendered

Sydney Law Review, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 391-413, 2007, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 08-16
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 May 2008
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 144 (148,575)
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Abstract:

Gender, judging

6.

The Dissolution of the Social in the Legal Academy

ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 07-06, Australian Feminist Law Journal, Vol. 25, pp. 3-18, 2006
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 02 May 2007
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 140 (169,381)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Legal Academy, Socio-legal, Neoliberalism

7.

Disabling Discrimination Legislation: The High Court and Judicial Activism

Australian Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 1-28, 2009, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 10-17
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 May 2010 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2015
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 135 (137,583)
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Disability, law, judging

8.

Feminism and the Changing State: The Case of Sex Discrimination

Australian Feminist Studies, Vol. 21, No. 50, pp. 151-172, 2006
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Jul 2008
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 126 (166,548)
Citation 1

Abstract:

sex discrimination, feminism, the state, neoliberalism

9.

The New Racism in Employment Discrimination: Tales from the Global Economy

Sydney Law Review, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp 1-27, 2010, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 10-70
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Aug 2010
Margaret Thornton and Trish Luker
Australian National University - ANU College of Law and University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law
Downloads 118 (176,276)

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Race, Employment, Anti-discrimination legislation, Australia, globalisation

10.

An Inconstant Affair: Feminism and the Legal Academy

TRANSCENDING THE BOUNDARIES OF LAW: GENERATION OF FEMINISM AND LEGAL THEORY, pp. 25-39, Martha Albertson Finemen, ed., Routledge, 2011, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 11-20
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 23 Jul 2011
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 115 (185,993)

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Feminism, Legal Academy, Neoliberalism

11.

Academic Un-Freedom in the New Knowledge Economy

ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND RESEARCHERS, Angela Brew & Lisa Lucas, eds., CH 1, pp. 19-34, Open University Press/McGraw Hill, Maidenhead, Birks, UK & NY, 2009, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 10-47
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 02 Aug 2010
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 110 (174,217)
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Abstract:

Research, universities, new knowledge, neoliberalism

12.

‘Post-Feminism’ in the Legal Academy?

Feminist Review, Vol. 95, pp. 92-98, 2010, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 10-75
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 23 Sep 2010
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 109 (197,978)

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Australia, feminism, legal academy, neoliberalism, girlpower

13.

Sexual Harassment Losing Sight of Sex Discrimination

Melbourne University Law Review, Vol. 26, pp. 422-44, 2002, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 10-56
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 Aug 2010
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 99 (190,645)
Citation 1

Abstract:

sexual harassment, sex discrimination, workplace

14.

The Spectral Ground: Religious Belief Discrimination

Macquarie Law Journal, Vol. 9, pp 71-91, 2009, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 10-15
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 04 May 2010 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2013
Margaret Thornton and Trish Luker
Australian National University - ANU College of Law and University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law
Downloads 98 (211,204)

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Discrimination, religious belief, Australia

15.

The Idea of the University and the Contemporary Legal Academy

Sydney Law Review, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 481-502, 2004
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2012
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 86 (229,060)
Citation 2

Abstract:

law school, liberal education, markets

16.

Women and Discrimination Law

WOMEN AND THE LAW IN AUSTRALIA, pp. 131-51, Patricia Esteal, ed., LexisNexis, 2010, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 10-77
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2010
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 82 (233,944)
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Sex discrimination, Employment, Australia

17.

The Evisceration of Equal Employment Opportunity in Higher Education

ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 08-36, Australian Universities Review, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 59-70, 2008
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2009
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
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Citation 1

Abstract:

Equal opportunity, employment, higher education

18.

Sex Discrimination, Courts and Corporate Power

ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 08-34, Federal Law Review, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 31-56, 2008
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2008
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 75 (257,041)

Abstract:

Sex discrimination, adjudication, gender, corporate power

19.

The Demise of Diversity in Legal Education

International Journal of the Legal Profession, Vol. 8, No. 1,pp 37-56, 2001, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 10-72
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 21 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2010
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 72 (275,350)
Citation 1

Abstract:

legal education, globalisation, diversity, neoliberalism

20.

The Mirage of Merit: Reconstituting the 'Ideal Academic'

(2013) 28(76) Australian Feminist Studies 127-143, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 14-22
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 07 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2015
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 71 (229,060)

Abstract:

Merit, ideal academic, women, higher education, new knowledge economy

21.

The Retreat from the Critical: Social Science Research in the Corporatised University

Australian Universities Review, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp 5-10, 2008, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 08-35
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 12 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2009
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 62 (269,122)

Abstract:

Research, Social Sciences, University, Corporatisation

22.

Affirmative Action, Merit and Police Recruitment

Alternative Law Journal, Vol. 28, No. 5, pp. 234-237, 2003
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 09 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2010
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 56 (295,883)

Abstract:

affirmative action, merit, employment, police

23.

Protecting (Human) Rights

THE NATIONAL ESTATE: CULTURAL HERITAGE: PROCEEDINGS 2009, pp. 105-117, Gretchen Poiner, ed., 2010, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 10-76
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 23 Sep 2010
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 53 (311,082)

Abstract:

Human rights, role of the state, Australia

24.

The Wages of Sin: Compensation for Indigenous Workers

University of New South Wales Law Journal, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 647-673, 2009, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 10-14
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 04 May 2010 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2013
Margaret Thornton and Trish Luker
Australian National University - ANU College of Law and University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law
Downloads 53 (279,798)

Abstract:

Stolen wages, Indigenous people, race discrimination, Australia

25.

‘Selling the Dream’: Law School Branding and the Illusion of Choice

(2013) 23(2) Legal Education Review 249-271, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 14-25
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Mar 2014
Margaret Thornton and Lucinda Shannon
Australian National University - ANU College of Law and Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 52 (262,877)

Abstract:

Legal education, branding, websites

26.

Authority and Corporeality: The Conundrum for Women in Law

ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 12-44
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 06 Nov 2012
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 51 (288,908)

Abstract:

feminism, authority, women, legal practice

27.

Contemporary Research and the Ambiguity of Critique

Journal of the Public University, Vol. 4, 2007, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 08-17
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 23 May 2008
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 51 (319,321)

Abstract:

Critical research, academic freedom, competition policy

28.

Technocentrism in the Law School: Why the Gender and Colour of Law Remain the Same

Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 369-398, 1998
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 04 Jul 2010
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 47 (286,565)

Abstract:

legal education, critical race, feminism, doctrinalism

29.

The Changing Gender Regime in the Neoliberal Legal Academy

Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie (The German Journal of Law and Society), 2013, 33(2) , pp 235-251, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 14-35,
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Aug 2014
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 43 (330,959)

Abstract:

Legal academy, gender, selection criteria, corporatisation of universities, Australia

30.

EEO in a Neo-Liberal Climate

Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 77-104, 2011, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 12-45
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 Nov 2012
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 43 (293,568)
Citation 5

Abstract:

equal opportunity, affirmative action, diversity, Australian legislation

31.

Neoliberal Melancholia: The Case of Feminist Legal Scholarship

Australian Feminist Law Journal, Vol. 20, pp. 7-22, 2004
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2010
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
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Abstract:

Feminism, Legal academy

32.

Free Trade and Justice: A Discomfiting Liaison

JULIUS STONE: A STUDY IN INFLUENCE, pp. 145-165, Helen Irving, Jacqueline Mowbray, Kevin Walton, eds., Federation Press, 2010
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 11 Feb 2011
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 40 (352,465)

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Justice, Equality, Free Trade, Race Discrimination

33.

Deregulation, Debt and the Discipline of Law

(2014) 39(4) Alternative Law Journal 213-216, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 14-40
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 08 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2015
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 39 (319,321)

Abstract:

Legal education, deregulation, debt, Australia

34.

The New Knowledge Economy and the Transformation of the Law Discipline

International Journal of the Legal Profession, Vol. 19, No. 265-281, 2012, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 14-23
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2014
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 37 (293,568)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Legal education; legal profession; competition policy; Australia

35.

Hypercompetitiveness or a Balanced Life? Gendered Discourses in the Globalisation of Australian Law Firms

(2014) 17(2) Legal Ethics 153-176, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 14-39
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 26 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2014
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 33 (322,132)

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flexible work, global law firms, masculinity, Australia, print media

36.

Remedying Discriminatory Harms in the Workplace

WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION AND THE LAW, AND THE LAW, CENTRE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR RELATIONS LAW, Richard Naughton, ed., University of Melbourne, 1995, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 12-46
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 27 Nov 2012
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 32 (355,679)

Abstract:

remedies, discrimination, workplace, Australia

37.

Towards Embodied Justice: Wrestling with Legal Ethics in the Age of the 'New Corporatism'

Melbourne University Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 3, 1999
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 15 Nov 2010
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
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Universities Upside Down: The Impact of the New Knowledge Economy

Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, Vol. 21, 2, pp. 375-393, 2009, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 10-13
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 May 2010
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
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Abstract:

Research, universities, feminism, new knowledge

39.

Legal Education in the Corporate University

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Legal Education in the Corporate University

Annual Review of Law & Social Sciences, Vol. 10: 19-35, 2014
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 05 Apr 2016
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 24 (441,388)

Abstract:

neoliberalism, the knowledge economy, higher education, law schools

Legal Education in the Corporate University

Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 2014, 10:19-35, DOI:10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-110413-030714 , ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 15–14,
Posted: 16 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2015
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law

Abstract:

neoliberalism, the knowledge economy, higher education, law schools

Legal Education in the Corporate University

Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 10, pp. 19-35, 2014
Posted: 05 Nov 2014
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law

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40.

Intention to Contract: Public Act or Private Sentiment?

in Ngaire Naffine, Rosemary J. Owens, John Williams (ed.), Intention in Law and Philosophy, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Aldershot, UK, pp. 217-237.
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 25 Jun 2013
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
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41.

Auditing the Sex Discrimination Act

in Marius Smith (ed.), Human Rights 2005: The Year in Review, Monash University, Monash, pp. 25-56
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 25 Jun 2013
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 11 (438,669)
Citation 1

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42.

The Political Contingency of Sex Discrimination Legislation: The Case of Australia

(2015) 4 Laws 314-334, June 2015
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Jul 2015
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 5 (495,863)

Abstract:

Sex discrimination, equality, neoliberalism, Australia

43.

Rapunzel and the Lure of Equal Citizenship

Law Text Culture, Vol. 8, Issue (1), 2004
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 25 Jun 2013
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 3 (490,745)

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44.

Squeezing the Life Out of Lawyers: Legal Practice in the Market Embrace

(2016) 25(4) Griffith Law Review 471-491
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Apr 2017
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 0 (505,749)

Abstract:

lawyers, neoliberalism, long hours culture, incivility, wellbeing, work/life balance

45.

Law Student Wellbeing: A Neoliberal Conundrum

(2016) 58(2) Australian Universities' review 42-50
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Dec 2016
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 0 (384,201)

Abstract:

neoliberalism, higher education, law students, wellbeing, stress

46.

Work/Life or Work/Work? Corporate Legal Practice in the Twenty-First Century

(2016) 23(1) International Journal of the Legal Profession 13-39
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 19 Mar 2016
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 0 (339,845)

Abstract:

legal profession, work/life balance, flexible work, gender

47.

The Flexible Cyborg: Work-Life Balance in Legal Practice

(2016) 38(1) Sydney Law Review 1-21
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Mar 2016
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 0 (311,082)

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legal profession, work/life balance, flexible work, gender, technology, private life

48.

Neoliberal Governmentality and the Retreat from Gender Equality

Ashleigh Barnes (ed) Feminisms of Discontent: Global Contestations, Oxford University Press: New Delhi, pp.71-96.
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 19 Dec 2015
Margaret Thornton
Australian National University - ANU College of Law
Downloads 0 (298,328)

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