Jocelynne Scutt

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Jocelynne Scutt (born in 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, as associate to a High Court judge (Lionel Murphy), and as director of research with the Legal and Constitutional Committee of the parliament of Victoria. From 1981-82 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. From 1999 to October 2004 Scutt was Tasmania’s first Anti-Discrimination Commissioner. She resumed work as a barrister after this appointment was complete and in 2007 accepted a judicial post on the Fiji High Court. ^[1]

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Scutt, Jocelynne (June 1984). For richer, for poorer: Money, marriage, and property rights. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-007650-6.
Scutt, Jocelynne (June 1987). Different Lives. Viking Press. ISBN 0-14-006899-6.
Scutt, Jocelynne (February 28, 1994). Sexual Gerrymander. Spinifex Press. ISBN 1-875559-16-7.
Scutt, Jocelynne (1997). The incredible woman: Power & sexual politics. Artemis Publications. ISBN 1-875658-28-9.