The relationship between private and public law has long been the focus of critical attention, but recent years have seen the growing influence upon private law of statutory intervention, public regulation, corporate globalisation and constitutional and international human rights norms. Such developments increasingly call into question the capacity of private law reasoning to operate in isolation from public institutions and goals. Commencing with three contrasting visions of the nature and importance of distinctions between public and private in the modern day, this book traces a number of encounters between private law and 'public' values in key areas of private law doctrine, such as charity law, commercial law, tort law and class actions, across several jurisdictions. It examines the influence within these fields of public concepts and goals, such as behavioural modification, accountability and anti-discrimination norms, as well as the (reverse) influence that private law has upon ('public') human rights jurisprudence.

An examination of contemporary encounters between public law and private law from both theoretical and practical perspectives.

About the Author
Kit Barker is Professor of Law at TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland. Darryn Jensen is a Senior Lecturer at TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland.


Book Information
ISBN 9781107039117
Author Kit Barker
Format Hardback
Page Count 385
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 700g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 26mm