Elizabeth Eggleston
Elizabeth Eggleston (1934-1976) was an Australian activist, author, and lawyer.[1][2] In 1956 she graduated with an LL.B degree from the University of Melbourne with second-class honors (division B).[1] In 1958 she graduated with an LL.M. degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and in 1964 she finished an arts degree at the University of Melbourne.[1] In 1964 she became the first doctoral candidate in the faculty of law at Monash University, from which she obtained her Ph.D. in 1970; she wrote her thesis on Aborigines and the administration of justice.[1] In 1969 she became lecturer in the faculty of law at Monash University, and after two years she was promoted to senior lecturer.[1] After 1971 she also served as part-time director of Monash's Centre for Research into Aboriginal Affairs.[1] In 1972 she became a founder of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service.[1] In 1972-1973 she had study leave in North America where she did research in Indian communities.[1] In 1973 she co-authored Cases and Materials on Industrial Law in Australia.[1] Two months before she died her book Fear, Favour or Affection was published, in 1976; it was based on her doctoral thesis.[1] Reviewers praised it for bringing to light systemic discrimination against Aborigines in the administering of criminal justice.[1] She is buried in Brighton Cemetery.[3]
Further reading
Aborigines and the Law: Essays in Memory of Elizabeth Eggleston by Peter Hanks (author and editor), and Bryan Keon-Cohen (editor), published in 1984 by Allen & Unwin