Ms Sharon Rodrick - Researcher Profile

Biography

Sharon Rodrick is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Monash University. She graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours. She also holds a Master of Laws by major thesis from the University of Melbourne. Her thesis was titled “The Ownership, Control and Licensing of Pay Television in Australia”.

Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of Property Law, Torts and Media Law. She has published a number of articles on aspects of the Torrens System and is the co-author of D Butler & S Rodrick, Australian Media Law (2nd ed, 2004).

A selection of Ms Rodricks' publications is available on-line at:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1217967

Areas of Expertise

Broadcasting Law
Regulation of Journalists and the Press
Contempt of Court
Property Law
Defamation

 

Research & Supervision Interests

Contempt of Court

Courts

Property Law

Qualifications

MASTER OF LAWS

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1993

BACHELOR OF ARTS

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1986

BACHELOR OF LAWS (HONS)

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1986

Publications

Books

Butler, D., Rodrick, S.P., 2012, Australian Media Law, Thomson Reuters, Pyrmont NSW Australia.

Butler, D., Rodrick, S.P., McNamara, L., Fitzgerald, A., 2007, Australian Media Law, Lawbook Co, Pyrmont, NSW.

Butler, D., Rodrick, S.P., 2004, Australian Media Law, Lawbook Co, Sydney NSW Australia.

Rodrick, S.P., Butler, D., 1999, Australian Media Law, LBC Information Services, Sydney NSW Australia.

Book Chapters

Rodrick, S., Butler, D., 1999, Confidentiality, in Australian Media Law, LBC Information Services, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 225-253.

Rodrick, S., 1999, Contempt of Court, in Australian Media Law, LBC Information Services, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 171-224.

Rodrick, S., 1999, Media Ownership and Control, in Australian Media Law, LBC Information Services, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 475-497.

Rodrick, S., 1999, Regulation of the Media, in Australian Media Law, LBC Information Services, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 408-474.

Rodrick, S., 1999, Reporting Legal Proceedings, in Australian Media Law, LBC Information Services, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 128-170.

Rodrick, S., 1999, Reporting Parliament, Elections and Other Political Material, in Australian Media Law, LBC Information Services, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 98-127.

Journal Articles

Rodrick, S., 2011, Open justice, the media and reporting on preventive supervision and detention orders imposed on serious sex offenders in Victoria, Monash University Law Review [P], vol 36, issue 2, Monash University, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 136-180.

Rodrick, S., 2010, Open justice, the media and identifying children involved in criminal proceedings, Media and Arts Law Review [P], vol 15, issue 4, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood, NSW, Australia, pp. 409-451.

Rodrick, S.P., 2009, Accessing telecommunications data for national security and law enforcement purposes, Federal Law Review [P], vol 37, issue 3, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia, pp. 375-415.

Lindsay, D.F., Rodrick, S.P., De Zwart, M.J., 2008, Regulating internet and convergent mobile content: The new content services regime, Telecommunications Journal of Australia, vol 58, issue 2-3, Monash University ePress, Clayton Victoria, pp. 31.1-31.29.

Rodrick, S.P., 2007, Open Justice and Suppressing Evidence of Police Methods: The Position in Canada and Australia (Part 2), Melbourne University Law Review, vol 31, issue 2, Melbourne University Law Review, Melbourne Victoria, pp. 443-461.

Rodrick, S.P., 2007, Open Justice and Suppressing Evidence of Police Methods: The Position in Canada and Australia (Part One), Melbourne University Law Review, vol 31, issue 1, Melbourne University Law Review Association, Melbourne, Victoria, pp. 171-200.

Rodrick, S.P., 2006, Open justice, the media and avenues of access to documents on the court record, University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol 29, issue 3, UNSW Press, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 90-138.

Rodrick, S.P., 2005, Defamation, the media and reporting documents on the court record, Media & Arts Law Review, vol 10, issue 3, LexisNexis Butterworths, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 171-207.

Rodrick, S., 2002, Forgeries, false attestations and imposters: Torrens System mortgages and the fraud exception to indefeasibility, Deakin Law Review, vol 7, issue 1, Deakin University, School of Law, Burwood Vic Australia, pp. 97-130.

Rodrick, S., 2001, Resolving priority disputes between competing equitable interests in Torrens System land which test?, Australian Property Law Journal, vol 9, issue 2, Butterworths, Chatswood NSW Australia, pp. 172-202.

Conference Proceedings

De Zwart, M.J., Lindsay, D.F., Rodrick, S.P., 2007, Mobile Phones: Copyright in Content, Mobile Media 2007, 2 July 2007 to 4 July 2007, University of Sydney, Sydney Nsw Australia, pp. 276-287.

Teaching Commitment

Media law 2 (LAW4140)

Property B (LAW3402)

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Regulation of Third Sector Broadcasting - What can be learned from the Australian and Canadian experiences?.

Supervisors:

Lindsay, D (Joint), Rodrick, S (Joint-co).