Bernadette J. Saunders Ph.D. (2005), Monash University, is Course Coordinator and Senior Lecturer/Researcher, Social Work, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Her publications and inter-disciplinary research largely focus upon injustices, resulting from law, language and culture, impacting disadvantaged groups, especially children.

Pernilla Leviner Ph.D. (2011), Stockholm University, is Associate Professor in Public Law Stockholm University, Sweden. Her research interests lie specifically in child law and social welfare law and her publications deal with the relation between the state, the family and the individual.

Bronwyn Naylor Ph.D. (1998), Cambridge University, is Professor of Law in the Graduate School of Business and Law at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Her research covers doctrinal, socio-legal and criminological work, usually in interdisciplinary collaborations.