Researcher

Professor Prue Vines

My Expertise

legal system; torts especially negligence; succession - wills & inheritance, especially for Indigenous people; legal aspects of death; apologies in civil liability;

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Property law (excl. intellectual property law), Tort law, Legal systems, Legal education, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander customary law

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Biography

Prue Vines is a Professor at the Faculty of Law, UNSW, Sydney and I have been a member of the Law Faculty since 1990.

My major areas of interest are torts ( especially attribution of responsibility in negligence and apologies in civil liability) and succession law. (wills and estates - in which I am especially interested in the making of culturally appropriate wills for Indigenous people.)  I have been the co-Director of the Private Law...view more

Prue Vines is a Professor at the Faculty of Law, UNSW, Sydney and I have been a member of the Law Faculty since 1990.

My major areas of interest are torts ( especially attribution of responsibility in negligence and apologies in civil liability) and succession law. (wills and estates - in which I am especially interested in the making of culturally appropriate wills for Indigenous people.)  I have been the co-Director of the Private Law Research and Policy Group at UNSW. Other interests and publications are in the areas of legal system, statutory interpretaion and unexpected consequences of compensation law.  I am happy to entertain questions about supervision of Ph D's in these areas. 

 


My Qualifications

BA, MA, Dip Ed, LLB


My Awards

Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Award 2002


My Research Activities

Torts - apologies in the legal system; the duty of care in negligence, unexpected consequences of compensation law.

Succession: informal wills, Issues in inheritance for Indigenous people in Australia.

Legal Education

Legal system


My Research Supervision


Supervision keywords


Areas of supervision

Torts, succession, legal system topics. 


Currently supervising

Martin Hill, Ph D :  statutory interpretation

 


My Teaching

 I teach the following subjects in the LLB and JD programs:

    Introducing Law and Justice

    Torts

    Succession

    Older People and the Law

And in the M(Forensic) Psychology program:

    Law for Psychologists 1

 

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Location

Room 216
The Law Building
University of New South Wales
UNSW Kensington Campus
Sydney NSW 2052
Australia
(Access via Gate 2 off High Street)

Contact

+61 2 9385 2236
+61 2 9385 1175