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TC BEIRNE SCHOOL OF LAW TEAM Sir Gerard Brennan Chair (Professor) Charles Rickett BD(Hons) Melb., LLB Camb., MA Camb., MA Oxf. Professor Rickett was Head of the School until 2007, a position he took up in August 2003. Before that, he was Professor of Commercial Law at The University of Auckland, where he held from 1994 a joint Chair in the Schools of Law and Business and Economics. He was also Director of the University’s Research Centre for Business Law. He has held teaching appointments at University College London, the University of Cambridge (where he was a Fellow of Emmanuel College), Victoria University of Wellington and Massey University (as Foundation Professor of Business Law) and in 2001 was appointed a Professorial Fellow of The University of Melbourne. Professor Rickett’s teaching and research areas include equity, banking law, restitution, theories of obligations and legal ethics. Readers/Associate Professors Nicholas Aroney BA NSW, LLB(Hons) Qld., LLM Qld., PhD Monash Dr Aroney came to the Law School in 1995 after working with a major national law firm and acting as a legal consultant in the field of building and construction law. His primary teaching and research areas are constitutional law, comparative constitutional law and legal theory and he has published widely in these fields. Dr Aroney also frequently speaks at national and international conferences on these topics. Kit Barker BA Oxf., BCL Oxf., MA Oxf. Before joining the TC Beirne School of Law, Mr Barker worked for 16 years as a lecturer, and senior lecturer, at Southampton University in the UK. He also acted as an external examiner for the Universities of London (University and Kings Colleges) and Oxford. His research interests lie in the law of obligations (contract, tort and restitution), with particular interest in its doctrine, philosophical foundations and remedies. He has published broadly in the fields of tort and unjust enrichment. Mr Barker is the School of Law’s Associate Dean (Research). Page | TC Beirne School of Law Biennial Report 2008-2009 Jennifer Corrin ProfDipLegDrafting, BA(Hons) Nott., MPhil Nott., PhD Griff. Dr Corrin is Executive Director (Asia Pacific Law) of the Centre for Public International and Comparative Law. She joined the Law School in 2001 and was formerly Associate Professor of Law at the University of the South Pacific in Vanuatu where she taught Contract Law, Civil Procedure and Dispute Resolution. Between 1987 and 1996 Dr Corrin practised as principal in her own law firm in the Solomon Islands. She has also practiced as a solicitor in England and lectured at Leicester Polytechnic (UK) and at the Queensland University of Technology. Dr Corrin’s primary areas of teaching and research are comparative law, evidence/civil procedure, human rights law, indigenous peoples, legal education, South Pacific and women and law. Heather Douglas BA Monash, LLB Monash, LLM Qld.UT, PhD Melb. Dr Douglas researches in the areas of criminal law and legal history. She is particularly interested in the relationship between Indigenous people and the criminal law and the way the criminal law impacts on and constructs women. She has also explored the work of Justice Martin Kriewaldt, the sole judge of the Northern Territory Supreme Court during the 1950s. Her writing has been published in Canada, Europe and Australia. Dr Douglas was a part-time commissioner with the Queensland Law Reform Commission from 2001-2007 and in 2004 was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University. Dr Douglas is the School’s Director of RHD. Craig Forrest BCom Rhodes, LLB S.Af., GCEd Tees., LLM Natal, PhD Wolv. Before joining the Law School, Dr Forrest served as a naval officer in the South African Navy, worked as a research assistant at Kings College, London and lectured at the Universities of Wolverhampton, Teesside and Holborn College, London. He has also taught courses in Hong Kong and the Republic of Korea. Dr Forrest teaches and undertakes research in the areas of private international law, cultural heritage law and maritime law, as well as teaching a postgraduate course on thesis design and writing. His current research interest includes a focus on international law and the protection of cultural heritage. David Hamer LLB ANU, BSc ANU, PhD Melb. Dr Hamer’s primary research interest is in the law of evidence. His approach fits within the ‘New Evidence Scholarship’, interrogating the law - and the proof process more broadly - using tools drawn from probability theory, narrative theory and psychology. His interest in evidence law often overflows into areas of substantive law, in particular tort law and criminal law. Dr Hamer has taught a wide range of subjects including evidence law, tort law, criminal law, and introduction to law. Nick James BCom Qld., LLB(Hons) Qld., LLM Qld.UT, PhD Qld.UT Dr James graduated from The University of Queensland in 1990 with Bachelor degrees in Law and Commerce, and until 1994 practised commercial and property law in Brisbane and at the Gold Coast. Dr James returned to UQ in 1996 to teach business law and property law at the Gatton campus and in 1999 relocated to the new Ipswich campus where he was involved with the development and delivery of business law, corporations law and e-commerce law courses in flexible mode. In 2005 Dr James relocated to the School of Law at St Lucia and was appointed Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Academic) in 2009. Dr James teaches law and society and business law and has received a number of teaching awards: the UQ Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2004, a National Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning in 2007, and a nomination for a National Carrick Award for Teaching Excellence. His areas of research interest include investigating the teaching and assessment of legal reasoning and critical thinking skills. Peter McDermott LLB(Hons) Qld., LLM Qld., PhD Griff. Dr McDermott teaches equity, commercial equity, constitutional law and securities and has a particular research interest in the application of equitable doctrines to commercial situations. David Morrison BCom Qld., GCEd Qld., MFM Qld., LLM Qld., PhD Qld. Dr Morrison is a senior lecturer in law and holds the professional qualifications of Barrister-at-law, Chartered Accountant (CA) and is a Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia (FTIA). He teaches taxation law, insolvency law and administrative law - fields in which he has published widely. Dr Morrison’s primary academic and research interests are in revenue law, corporate and insolvency law and economic analysis of law.
Graeme Orr BA Qld., LLB Qld., GCEd Griff., LLM Lond., PhD Griff. Dr Orr’s research expertise is the law of politics, in particular electoral law, and he undertakes extensive media commentary, consultancy and pro bono work in this area. He has also published extensively in electoral bribery, labour law, the law of negligence and on issues of language and law. Formerly an Associate in the Federal Court of Australia, Dr Orr was an Associate Professor at Griffith University Law School, where he taught for over 13 years and was admitted as a solicitor (Queensland). Kerrie Sadiq BCom Qld., LLB(Hons) Qld., LLM Qld.UT, PhD Deakin Dr Sadiq is a member of the commercial law group at the School of Law and a Fellow of the Taxation Law and Policy Research Institute, Monash University. She is also a Barrister, Supreme Court of Queensland and a Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia where she sits on the International Subcommittee and the Education, Examinations, and Quality Assurance Board. In 2007 and 2008 she was President of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association. Prior to joining UQ, Dr Sadiq worked for a big four chartered accounting firm and as a Judges Associate in the Supreme Court of Queensland. She teaches taxation law at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and principally researches in international taxation, tax expenditures and capital gains tax. Andreas Schloenhardt LLB, PhD Adel. Prior to his position at the TC Beirne School of Law, Dr Schloenhardt was a lecturer at The University of Adelaide Law School and also taught at universities in Townsville (Qld), Darwin (NT), Bangkok (Thailand), Port Vila (Vanuatu), Suva (Fiji), and Port Moresby (PNG). Since 2007 he has been an Adjunct Professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California, and in 2008 and 2009 was a Visiting Professor at The University of British Columbia Centre of International Relations in Vancouver, Canada. Dr Schloenhardt’s principal areas of research include criminal law, organised crime, narcotrafficking, human smuggling and trafficking, terrorism, international criminal law, and immigration and refugee law. Senior Lecturers Peter Billings LLB S’ton, PhD S’ton Dr Billings joined the TC Beirne School of Law in November 2007 having taught law previously at the University of Southampton and University of the West of England, Bristol. His primary research interests are in the areas of public law, the law relating to refugees, social welfare and indigenous rights and he has published over a dozen journal articles in these areas. Dr Billings is a Director of the UQ Pro Bono Centre and mentor for the administrative law moot teams which represent UQ in the annual Administrative Appeals Tribunal competition. Ann Black BA Qld., LLB(Hons) Qld., BSocWk Qld., LLM Qld., SJD Bond Dr Black currently teaches criminal law, introduction to islamic law and asian legal systems. She completed an SJD on dispute resolution in Brunei Darussalam. Her research interests include the law and legal culture of Asia, criminal law, alternative dispute resolution and legal education. Dr Black is the School’s Director of the JD program. Anthony Cassimatis BA Qld., LLB(Hons) Qld., LLM Camb., PhD Qld. Dr Cassimatis teaches administrative law and public international law and is the Executive Director (International Law) of the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law. He was academic coordinator of teams representing the Law School in the Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition from 1996 to 2005. The 2005 UQ Jessup team won the Jessup World Championship in Washington DC. His research interests include international law, administrative law and public law. Jonathan Crowe BA(Hons) Qld., LLB Qld., PhD Qld. Dr Crowe teaches legal theory, constitutional law and international humanitarian law. His research examines the theoretical relationship between law and ethics, looking particularly at the nature and foundations of legal obligation and the role of ethics in legal reasoning. TC BEIRNE SCHOOL OF LAW TEAM Associate Professor Kit Baker, Associate Dean (Research). TC Beirne School of Law Biennial Report 2008-2009 | Page
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