The Alternative Law Journal has been Australia’s leading law reform journal for over 40 years. It is a peer reviewed quarterly journal, focusing on issues of social justice and human rights, critique of the legal system, developments in alternative practice and community legal education. Opinions, regular columns, art and cartoons are included in addition to articles. AltLJ is published on behalf of the Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative Ltd in Melbourne, Australia. For more information please visit the Alternative Law Journal website: www.altlj.org.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)