Chris Dent joined IPRIA as a Research Fellow in January 2005 and was promoted to Senior Research Fellow in 2007. Chris was awarded a PhD in Law in 2003 from Murdoch University in Perth, after gaining a Law/Politics joint degree, with Honours in Politics at the same institution. The focus of the thesis was the application of Foucaultian ideas to a study of the history of negligence law. Prior to commencing work at IPRIA, Chris worked with the Centre for Media and Communications Law. His research focused on the impact of defamation law on news production with a particular emphasis on the use of content analysis techniques in the analysis of print news. Policy research at the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia and the Victorian Law Reform Commission rounds out his professional career. The law reform work included judicial review of administrative decisions, crown liability, compulsory treatment and care of people with intellectual disabilities, and workplace privacy.
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