Doctor Caroline Compton
Senior Lecturer,
School of Law
Biography
Caroline is a senior lecturer at the Western Sydney University School of Law. Caroline studies the operation of plural normative systems, employing an interdisciplinary approach and ethnographic methods.
Her research explores impact of climate displacement on property and developemnt and humanitarian practices. Caroline has held visiting appointments at Yale University (as a Fox Fellow), the Institute of Philippine Culture at Ateneo de Manila University and at the University of Coimbra. Her has published in journals including Regulation and Governance, Critical Asian Studies, and NYU Journal of International Law and Politics.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Compton.
Interests
- Climate displacement
- Law and Society
- Legal Pluralism
- Property Law
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- School of Law
Contact
| Email: | C.Compton@westernsydney.edu.au |
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Teaching
Previous Teaching Areas
- 200012 Property Law, 2020
- 200554 Law of Commercial Obligations, 2020
Publications
Books
- Fitzpatrick, D. and Compton, C. (2021), 'Law, Property and Disasters: Adaptive Perspectives from the Global South', : Routledge 9780367903770.
Chapters in Books
- Compton, C. (2023), 'Disaster, relocation, and property', Routledge Handbook of Property, Law and Society , Routledge 9780367688813.
- Fitzpatrick, D. and Compton, C. (2019), 'Disaster risk reduction and the state : the failure of no-build zones after Typhoon Haiyan', The Cambridge Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction and International Law, Cambridge University Press 9781108474122.
- Fitzpatrick, D. and Compton, C. (2016), 'Land tenure systems as a challenge for disaster recovery : adapting to extreme weather events after Typhoon Haiyan', Adaptation to Climate Change: ASEAN and Comparative Experiences, World Scientific Publishing 9789814689731.
Journal Articles
- Wobcke, W., Compton, C., Johns, F., Lamchek, J. and Mariyah, S. (2023), 'Nowcasting for hunger relief : a study of promise and perils', Information Technology for Development, vol 29, no 1 , pp 27 - 47.
- Johns, F. and Compton, C. (2022), 'Data jurisdictions and rival regimes of algorithmic regulation', Regulation & Governance, vol 63, no 84 , pp 16 - 1.
- Compton, C. (2020), 'The temporality of disaster : data, the emergency, and climate change', Anthropocenes, vol 1, no 1 .
- Compton, C. (2019), 'Just adaptation and relocation : new challenges for the Anthropocene', King's Law Journal, vol 30, no 2 , pp 176 - 184.
- Fitzpatrick, D., Compton, C. and Foukona, J. (2019), 'Property and the state or the folly of Torrens : a comparative perspective', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol 42, no 3 , pp 953 - 980.
- Compton, C. (2018), 'The unheeded present and the impossible future : temporalities of relocation after Typhoon Haiyan', Critical Asian Studies, vol 50, no 1 , pp 136 - 154.
- Fitzpatrick, D. and Compton, C. (2018), 'Seeing like a state : land law and human mobility after super Typhoon Haiyan', New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, vol 50, no 3 , pp 719 - 787.
Previous Projects
| Title: | Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and Evaluation Tools for Men's Behaviour Change Programs |
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| Western Researchers: | Lucy Nicholas, Ann Dadich, Caroline Compton, Gabrielle Drake, Benjamin Hanckel, Kate Huppatz and Kerry Robinson |
| Years: | 2022-04-19 - 2022-06-03 |
| ID: | P00027959 |
Supervision
Previous Supervision
| Thesis Title: | Evaluating the Dissolution of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal: Implications for Refugee Applicants and the Future of Administrative Review of Refugee Status Determinations in Australia. |
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| Thesis Title: | The Environmental Impact of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Legal and Policy Responses |
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