Private Law

Kit Barker is Professor of Law at TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland. Darryn Jensen is a Senior Lecturer at TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland.

• Part I. Introduction: 1. Private law: key encounters with public law Kit Barker and Darryn Jensen; Part II. Private and Public: Definitions, Theory and Taxonomy: 2. Public and private: neither deep nor meaningful William Lucy and Alexander Williams; 3. Courts as public authorities, private law as instrument of government Steve Hedley; 4. Origins of the public/private theory of legal systems Christian Turner; Part III. Private and Public: Key Encounters: 5. What is the point of charity law? Matthew Harding; 6. Public benefit, discrimination and the definition of charity Adam Parachin; 7. Private law and its normative influence on human rights Michelle Flaherty; 8. The synthesis of public and private in finance law Alastair Hudson; 9. Discerning public law concepts in corporate law discourse Anita Krug; 10. A public role for the intentional torts Dan Priel; 11. Cy-près as a class action remedy – justly maligned or just misunderstood? Jeff Berryman and Robyn Carroll.