Areas of expertise

• Legal Institutions (Incl. Courts And Justice Systems) 180120
• Legal Theory, Jurisprudence And Legal Interpretation 180122
• Corporations And Associations Law 180109
• Litigation, Adjudication And Dispute Resolution 180123
• Access To Justice 180102
• Civil Law And Procedure 180104

Publications

• Worthington, M & Spender, P 2021, 'Constructing Legal Personhood; Corporate Law's Legacy', Griffith Law Review, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 348-373.
• Spender, P 2018, 'Excellence, Innovation and Courtesy: Federal Court Procedure and Modernity', in Pauline Ridge and James Stellios (ed.), The Federal Court's Contribution to Australian Law: Past, Present and Future, The Federation Press, Australia, pp. 15-33.
• Bottomley, S, Hall, K, Spender, P et al 2017, Contemporary Australian Corporate Law, Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne.
• Spender, P 2015, 'Gender Quotas on Boards - Is It Time for Australia to Lean In?', Deakin Law Review, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 95-121.
• Colbran , S, Spender, P, Douglas, R et al. 2015, Civil procedure: commentary and materials (6th ed), LexisNexis, Australia.
• Welsh, M, Spender, P, Lynch Fannon, I et al 2014, 'The end of the 'End of History for Corporate Law'?', Australian Journal of Corporate Law, vol. 29, pp. 147-168.
• Spender, P & Hall, K 2013, 'Progressive possibilities in corporate law', Australian Journal of Corporate Law, vol. 28.
• Spender, P 2013, 'Wavering alternations of valour and caution: Commercial and regulatory litigation in the French CJ High Court', Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice, vol. 2, pp. 111-130.
• Spender, P 2013, Submission to the Productivity Commission Access to Justice Arrangements,
• Colbran, S, Spender, P, Jackson, S et al 2012, Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials, LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia.
• Spender, P 2012, 'Gender diversity on boards in Australia - Waiting for the great leap forward?', Australian Journal of Corporate Law, vol. 27, no. 2012, pp. 22-38.
• Spender, P & Tarlowski, M 2011, 'Adventures on the Barbary Coast: Morrison and Enforcement in a Globalised Securities Market', Melbourne University Law Review, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 280-316.
• Spender, P 2010, 'Access to Justice in Super Tribunals', LegalDate, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 12-13.
• Spender, P 2010, Response to Taskforce Discussion Papers on the Regulatory Framework and the National Legal Services Ombudsman.
• Spender, P 2010, 'The Class Action as Sheriff: Private Law Enforcement and Remedial Roulette', in Jeffrey Berryman and Rick Bigwood (ed.), The Law of Remedies: New Directions in the Common Law, The Federation Press, Canada, pp. 695-726.
• Corbett, A & Spender, P 2009, 'Corporate Constitutionalism', Sydney Law Review, vol. 31, pp. 147-161.
• Colbran, S, Reinhardt, G, Spender, P et al, eds, 2009, Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials (4th edition), LexisNexis, Australia.
• Spender, P 2008, 'Negotiating the Third Way: Developing Effective Process in Civil Penalty Litigation', Company and Securities Law Journal, vol. 26, pp. 249-258.
• Spender, P 2008, 'After Fostif: Lingering uncertainties and controversies about litigation funding', Journal of Judicial Administration, vol. 18, pp. 101-115.
• Spender, P, Colbran, S, Reinhardt, G et al, eds, 2005, Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials (3rd ed), LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia.
• Spender, P 2005, 'Court Adjudication under an Adversarial System', in S Colbran, G Reinhardt, P Spender, S Jackson, R douglas (ed.), Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials (3rd ed), LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, pp. 1-61.
• Spender, P 2005, 'Summary Disposition', in S Colbran, G Reinhardt, P Spender, S Jackson, R douglas (ed.), Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials (3rd ed), LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, pp. 451-496.
• Spender, P 2005, 'Limitation of Actions', in S Colbran, G Reinhardt, P Spender, S Jackson, R douglas (ed.), Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials (3rd ed), LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, pp. 174-218.
• Spender, P 2005, 'Instituting Proceedings', in S Colbran, G Reinhardt, P Spender, S Jackson, R douglas (ed.), Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials (3rd ed), LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, pp. 219-246.
• Spender, P 2005, 'Weapons of Mass Dispassion: James Hardie and Corporate Law', Griffith Law Review, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 280 - 294.
• Spender, P & Bottomley, S 2004, 'How to do things with Contractarianism: Michael Whincops Contribution to Corporate Law Scholarship', Griffith Law Review, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 9-24.
• Spender, P 2004, 'McCabe: Unresolved Questions about truth and justice', Torts Law Journal, vol. 12, pp. 155
• Spender, P 2003, 'Blue Asbestos and Golden Eggs: Evaluating Bankruptcy and Class Actions as Just Responses to Mass Tort Liability', Sydney Law Review, vol. 25, pp. 223-254.
• Spender, P, ed., 2002, Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials (2nd ed), Butterworths, Australia.
• Spender, P 2002, 'Book Review: The Open Corporation: Effective Self-Regulation and Democracy', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 611-615.
• Spender, P 2002, Soccer only as good as corporate players, p. 25.
• Spender, P 2002, 'Court Adjudication under An Adversarial System', in S Colbran, G Reinhardt, P Spender, S Jackson, R Douglas (ed.), Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials (2nd ed), Butterworths, Australia, pp. 1-60.
• Spender, P 2002, 'Instituting Proceedings', in S Colbran, G Reinhardt, P Spender, S Jackson, R Douglas (ed.), Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials (2nd ed), Butterworths, Australia, pp. 210-240.
• Spender, P 2002, 'Limitation of Actions', in S Colbran, G Reinhardt, P Spender, S Jackson, R Douglas (ed.), Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials (2nd ed), Butterworths, Australia, pp. 165-209.
• Spender, P 2002, 'Securities Class Actions: A View from the Land of the Great White Shareholder', Common Law World Review, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 123-164.
• Spender, P 2002, 'Summary Disposition', in S Colbran, G Reinhardt, P Spender, S Jackson, R Douglas (ed.), Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials (2nd ed), Butterworths, Australia, pp. 439-486.
• Spender, P 2001, 'Civil Procedure', in Blackshield (ed.), Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 104-106.
• Spender, P 2000, 'Scenes from a Wharf: Containing the Morality of Corporate Law', in Macmillan, F (ed.), International Corporate Law Annual, Volume 1, Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp. 37-68.
• Spender, P 1999, 'Resurrecting Mrs Salomon', Federal Law Review, vol. 27, pp. 243-264.
• Spender, P & Bottomley, S, eds, 1999, 100 years of Salomon (Special issue of Federal Law Review), 27 (2).

Projects and Grants

Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.

• A Comparative Law and Economics Analysis of Class Actions in Australia, the US and the UK (Secondary Investigator)