Dr. Angelo Capuano
LLB (Hons 1) (Victoria), GDLP (ANU), BCL (Oxford), PhD (Monash)Lecturer - Law
School of Business and Law
Angelo is a law lecturer at Central Queensland University, where he teaches property law and legal advocacy.
His research interests include discrimination law and issues at the intersection of law and technology. Angelo's work on "social origin", class and disability discrimination has been published in articles in the UNSW Law Journal and his forthcoming book, 'Class and Social Background Discrimination in the Modern Workplace: Mapping Inequality in the Digital Age', will be published by Bristol University Press in 2023. More information about his forthcoming book is available here: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/class-and-social-background-discrimination-in-the-modern-workplace
Angelo's published work on discrimination law has been used in a number of court and tribunal decisions, including in South Africa by the Constitutional Court, High Court and the Labour Appeal Court and in Australia by the Federal Court and Fair Work Commission. His work has also been used by numerous government bodies (eg, the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, Australian Fair Work Ombudsman, Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency of Germany), think tanks and leading scholars from Australia and Europe.
Outside of academia, Angelo has spent a number of years working as a government lawyer, court researcher and judge's associate.
Universities Studied At
- PhD, Monash University
- BCL, Oxford University
- GDLP, Australian National University
- LLB (Hons), Victoria University
Universities Worked At
- Monash University Faculty of Law
- La Trobe University School of Law
Awards
Media Citations
- 'Qld police now able to access cloud-based data', The Courier Mail (26 February 2020): https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/rockhampton/police-courts/qld-police-given-power-to-access-data-in-the-cloud/news-story/1774d038cc39519e69fe373a0a635ca8
- 'Qld Police given power to access data in the cloud', Gladstone Observer (27 February 2020): https://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/qld-police-given-power-to-access-data-in-the-cloud/3954950/
- 'Is It Legal To Have A ‘No Bogans’ Hiring Policy?', Lifehacker (13 February 2017): https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2017/02/is-it-legal-to-have-a-no-bogans-hiring-policy/
- '‘Culture fit’ hiring may cross discrimination lines', Lawyers Weekly (5 June 2016): https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/news/18710-culture-fit-hiring-may-cross-discrimination-lines
Previous teaching
- Course coordinator and lecturer (torts law and corporations law), La Trobe University School of Law.
- Sessional lecturer (torts law), Monash University Faculty of Law.
- Sessional tutor (torts law and corporations law), Monash University Faculty of Law.
Professional Experience
- Lawyer, Court Services Victoria (working within the Supreme Court of Victoria)
- Senior Legal Researcher, Court Services Victoria (working within the County Court of Victoria)
- Judges' Associate, Federal Court of Australia
Accreditation
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
- 1801 Law
Current Capacity
Current Supervision
Human resources and industrial relations - Employment equity and diversity
International and comparative law - International and comparative law not elsewhere classified
Law in context - Law and society and socio-legal research
Law in context - Law reform
Law in context - Law, science and technology
Law in context - Race, ethnicity and law
Public law - Domestic human rights law
