Emeritus Professor Peta Spender
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
- Tort Law 180126
- Access To Justice 180102
- Civil Law And Procedure 180104
Publications
- 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, 'MORRISON v NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD 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, '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 2004, 'McCabe: Unresolved Questions about truth and justice', Torts Law Journal, vol. 12, pp. 155-155.
- 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 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).
