SCHOOL OF LAW
Current areas of research activity include the following.
Commercial Law
Bailment.Domestic and international sale contracts.
Negotiable instruments.
Personal Property rights and liabilities.
Company Law
Controls on directors competing with their company.The right to legal representation under the ASIC Act 1989 (Cth).
Corporate law and taxation law.
Directors’ duties to creditors.
Share buy backs.
Constitutional Law
Comparative Constitutional Law.Constitutional interpretation.
Implied freedoms.
Implied rights; limits.
Taxation power of Parliament.
Contract Law
General principles.Law of tendering and public procurement.
Criminal Law
Law of homicide.Non-fatal offences against the person.
Inchoate offences.
Defences.
Environmental Law
The legal framework for the marine environment in the Torres Strait.World heritage law and litigation.
Coastal law and policy.
Equity
Remedies.Unconscionability.
Family Law
Feminist jurisprudence and women’s issues.Mediation in North Queensland.
International Law
Self determination in the Asia Pacific region.Human rights.
International humanitarian law.
International dispute resolution.
Land Law
Native title issues.Papua New Guinea Land Law.
Law of the Sea
Fisheries issues.Offshore enforcement of law.
Medicine Law
Bioethics.Mental health.
Current medico-legal issues.
Partnership
General principles.
Restitution
The role of ‘Unjust Enrichment’ in the law of restitution.
Solicitor’s Liability
Under the Corporation’s Law 1989 (Cth).Under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth).
Taxation Law
Taxation of international transactions.Avoidance, international tax (incentives).
Marital title and taxation.
Torts
Negligence principles.Positive duties.
Women’s Studies
The rationale for provision of legal services for women, delivered by women only.