A human rights analysis of a claim for educational negligence in Australian schools / Rosemary Antonia Dalby.

Brisbane : Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology, 2013.

English

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This thesis argues that an action in educational negligence should be available in Australia to provide a remedy for failure by schools and teachers to provide an adequate education as required by Australia's human rights obligations. The thesis substantiates a duty of care to provide an adequate education under general principles of the law of negligence in appropriate cases. Although some protection exists for disabled students in Australia's anti-discrimination and other legislation, non-disabled students are not afforded redress under existing causes of action. The educational negligence action provides a suitable remedy in an era of professional educational accountability. - Description of thesis.

Includes biblographic references.

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