The Australian Centre for Private Law (ACPL) fosters the development and understanding of the private law through advanced theoretical, doctrinal, empirical and historical research, and the dissemination of that research through education and professional outreach.
By supporting the work of its Fellows, the ACPL seeks to promote research in all areas of private law and to establish itself as a research centre of national and international importance.
Our Vision
The core initiatives of ACPL are:
Research: To advance a deeper understanding of the structure, principles and policies of the private law through advanced theoretical, comparative, and empirical analysis.
Education: To promote, facilitate and disseminate the results of that research for the benefit of Australia’s social and economic fabric.
Professional Outreach and Cross-Institutional Collaboration: To engage the judiciary and members of the legal profession in discussion about the values, goals and methods of private law and the respective roles of the judiciary, the legal profession and the academy in the interpretation and reform of private law. To promote collaboration between specialist private law experts located in Australia, and international centres of excellence.
Director: Professor Kit Barker
Board of Management: Professor Ross Grantham and Dr Robert Mullins.
The Centre involves research undertaken by 25 Fellows and 5 Distinguished Fellows.
Fellows
- Associate Professor Lee Aitken
- Professor Rick Bigwood
- Dr Mark Burdon
- Dr Ryan Catterwell
- Dr Vicky Comino
- Professor Simone Degeling
- Professor Eric Descheemaeker
- Professor John Devereux
- Dr Kate Falconer
- Professor Craig Forrest
- Dr Rosemary Gibson
- Mr Russell Hinchy
- Dr Ruthie Jeanneret
- Dr Barbora Jedlickova
- Dr Darryn Jensen
- Dr Qiao Liu
- Honorary Professor Horst Lücke
- Professor Mark Lunney
- Honorary Professor David McLauchlan
- Samuel Walpole
- Professor Warren Swain
- Dr Thea Voogt
- Dr Wenting Cheng
Distinguished Fellows
Scholarly output for members of the Australian Private Law Centre can be searched at UQ's eSpace repository
Edited Collections published by members of the Centre include:
Contact us
Whether you are a potential student, a scholar from Australia or overseas, or someone who's active in private law, the Australian Centre for Private Law welcomes your enquiries about our research areas, seminars and organisation.
Professor Kit Barker
Centre Director
Phone: +61 7 334 67609
Email: acpl@law.uq.edu.au