The Australian Private Law Network is currently a collaboration between Melbourne University and the University of Queensland, bringing together experts from two of Australia’s strongest law schools researching in the area of private law. Both schools are members of the Universitas 21 consortium of universities. Both are committed to producing the finest scholarly publications on the private law and to influencing important debates that shape future legislation and judicial opinion. The Network covers the disciplines of contract law, equity, property law, restitution, torts and trusts. It fosters research of all types within these fields whether of a doctrinal, empirical, comparative or theoretical nature. It also fosters and encourages research which explores the interaction between these fields; or between private law and other disciplines such as economics, politics, philosophy or social policy.

 This site aims to:

• introduce you to the individual members of the Network
• inform you of our expertise
• inform you of our latest scholarship, including details of forthcoming papers
• facilitate visits to (and between) the TC Beirne School of Law and Melbourne Law School
• contribute to the world of ideas in this foundational area of the law

You are invited to peruse these pages and to contact us in order to receive our half-yearly newsletter.

Please contact one of the co-directors if you have news or research events that you would like to publicise on this site. We will be more than happy to assist

Co-directors