Jocelynne Scutt

Jocelynne Scutt (born 8 June 1947 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian feminist lawyer, writer and commentator. She graduated in law from the University of Western Australia in 1969 and undertook postgraduate studies in law at the University of Sydney, at both Southern Methodist University and the University of Michigan in the United States, and Cambridge University in England.

Scutt has worked with the Australian Institute of Criminology and as director of research with the Legal and Constitutional Committee of the parliament of Victoria. From 1981 to 82 she worked at the Sydney Bar and then was Deputy Chairperson of the Law Reform Commission, Victoria. In 1986 she returned to private practice in Melbourne. In 2007 she accepted a judicial post on the Fiji High Court. cite book|title=Who's Who in Australia 2000|date=2000|publisher=Crown Content|location=Melbourne|page=1511]

elected works

*cite book|author=Scutt, Jocelynne|title=For richer, for poorer: Money, marriage, and property rights|date=June 1984|publisher=Penguin Books|id=ISBN 0-14-007650-6
*cite book|author=Scutt, Jocelynne|title=Different Lives|date=June 1987|publisher=Viking Press|id=ISBN 0-14-006899-6
*cite book|author=Scutt, Jocelynne|title=Sexual Gerrymander|date=February 28, 1994|publisher=Spinifex Press|id=ISBN 1-875559-16-7
*cite book|author=Scutt, Jocelynne|title=The incredible woman: Power & sexual politics|date=1997|publisher=Artemis Publications|id=ISBN 1-875658-28-9

References

External links

* [http://home.vicnet.net.au/~womenweb/sources/Later%20Narratives/Dr%20Jocelynne%20Scutt.htm Interview with Jocelynne Scutt]