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.