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Prue Vines

Director, First Year Studies
Co-Director Private Law Research & Policy Group (with A/Prof Simone Degeling)
Professor

MA Syd, DipEd SydTeachColl, LLB UNSW


Contact Details

Telephone: +61 2 9385 2236
Email: p.vines@unsw.edu.au
Office: Law Building 216


Publications

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Overview

I have been a member of the Faculty of Law since 1990. In the faculty I teach Foundations of Law, the law of Torts and the law of Succession.


Courses Taught

LAWS1052 Foundations of Law
LAWS1061 Torts
LAWS2393 Succession
LAWS2392 Children and the Law


Research Interests

Apologies in private law , The law and culture relating to succession on death , Torts especially negligence and its expansion, Theories of tort law, Legal history, The effect of apologies in civil liability , Issues in inheritance for Indigenous people, Treatment of dead bodies in private law, Personal responsibility in tort law


Current Research Projects

The dominance of negligence in tort law in Australia
The "public liability" crisis


Grants

UNSW Research Support Grant, The process of tort law reform in Australia


Journal Affiliations

Australian Civil Liability,Consultant Editor
Indigenous Law Bulletin, Member Editorial Board
Macquarie Law Journal, Member Editorial Board
Torts Law Journal, Book Review Editor and Member Editorial Board









 
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