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'''Harold 'Harry' Luntz''' (born in [[South Africa]] in 1937) is an [[Australia]]n law professor. He is widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading experts on [[torts]] law.
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'''Harold 'Harry' Luntz''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 1937 in [[South Africa]]) is an Australian [[law]] professor. He is widely acknowledged as one of Australia's leading experts on [[torts]] law.


== Career ==
He began publishing in academic journals in the early 1960s. Some of his appointments:
Luntz was educated at [[Athlone Boys' High School]] in [[Johannesburg]] and graduated from the [[University of Witwatersrand]] with degrees in arts and law. He served three years’ articles of clerkship at the same time as undertaking his law degree. In 1960, he was employed for a brief period as a solicitor in a firm of solicitors in Johannesburg and then took at [[Bachelor of Civil Law]] at Lincoln College, [[University of Oxford]]. He began publishing in academic journals in the early 1960s. Some of his appointments:


* 1970 - Visiting Associate Professor at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada.
* 1970 — Visiting Associate Professor at [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]] in [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].
* 1971 - Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
* 1971 — Visiting Professor at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].
* 1976 - Professor, [[University of Melbourne]].
* 1976 — Professor, [[University of Melbourne]].
* 1986–88 — Dean of the Law Faculty, [[University of Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/index.cfm?objectid=F9D2D075-B0D0-AB80-E2BC989969E28989&username=Harold%20Luntz|title=Professor Harold Luntz|publisher=University of Melbourne: Melbourne Law School|access-date=16 August 2010}}</ref>
* 1986-88, Dean of the Law Faculty, [[University of Melbourne]].
* Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford.
* Visiting Fellow at [[Wolfson College, Oxford|Wolfson College]], [[Oxford University|Oxford]].


He is editor of the Australian [[Torts Law Journal]]. He wrote a text in 1974 that saw its fourth edition in 2002 ('Assessment of Damages for Personal Injury and Death'). This text is widely quoted in the highest courts of Australia, as well as England, Canada and the United States.
He was editor of the Australian ''Torts Law Journal''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.uq.edu.au/apln-people#haroldluntz|title=APLN People|publisher=Australian Private Law Network|access-date=16 August 2010}}</ref> He wrote a text in 1974 that saw its fifth edition in 2008 ('Assessment of Damages for Personal Injury and Death'). This text is widely quoted in the highest courts of Australia, as well as England, Canada and the United States.


He is officially retired from University work, but he continues to maintain an office, teach, write essays and mark exams. Despite being an expert on negligence, he is a leading advocate of 'tort law reform' policy, that would replace the law of negligence with a no-fault compensation scheme, and/or provide such adequate social welfare that the awarding of damages becomes unnecessary.
He is officially retired from University work, but he continues to maintain an office, teach, write essays and mark exams. Despite being an expert on negligence, he is a leading advocate of 'tort law reform' policy, that would replace the law of negligence with a no-fault compensation scheme, and/or provide such adequate social welfare that the awarding of damages becomes unnecessary.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cane|first=Peter|year=2003|title=Reforming Tort Law In Australia: A Personal Perspective|journal=Melbourne University Law Review|publisher=University of Melbourne}}</ref>

He remains one of the world's foremost scholars and theoreticians of torts and damages law. On [[Australia Day]] (the 26th of January),<ref>{{cite web|URL=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2019/xklw-03mcv/Media%20Notes%20-%20AO.pdf|title=OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA|access-date=2019-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126061125/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2019/xklw-03mcv/Media%20Notes%20-%20AO.pdf|archive-date=2019-01-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> he was awarded an [[Order of Australia|AO]] for "distinguished service to legal education, as an academic and editor, to professional development, and to the community."

== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/MULR/2003/25.html A tribute] from High Court Judge [[Michael Kirby]] on his retirement.
*[http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/MULR/2003/25.html A tribute] from High Court Judge [[Michael Kirby (judge)|Michael Kirby]] on his retirement.

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Harold 'Harry' Luntz AO (born 1937 in South Africa) is an Australian law professor. He is widely acknowledged as one of Australia's leading experts on torts law.

Career

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Luntz was educated at Athlone Boys' High School in Johannesburg and graduated from the University of Witwatersrand with degrees in arts and law. He served three years’ articles of clerkship at the same time as undertaking his law degree. In 1960, he was employed for a brief period as a solicitor in a firm of solicitors in Johannesburg and then took at Bachelor of Civil Law at Lincoln College, University of Oxford. He began publishing in academic journals in the early 1960s. Some of his appointments:

He was editor of the Australian Torts Law Journal.[2] He wrote a text in 1974 that saw its fifth edition in 2008 ('Assessment of Damages for Personal Injury and Death'). This text is widely quoted in the highest courts of Australia, as well as England, Canada and the United States.

He is officially retired from University work, but he continues to maintain an office, teach, write essays and mark exams. Despite being an expert on negligence, he is a leading advocate of 'tort law reform' policy, that would replace the law of negligence with a no-fault compensation scheme, and/or provide such adequate social welfare that the awarding of damages becomes unnecessary.[3]

He remains one of the world's foremost scholars and theoreticians of torts and damages law. On Australia Day (the 26th of January),[4] he was awarded an AO for "distinguished service to legal education, as an academic and editor, to professional development, and to the community."

References

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  1. ^ "Professor Harold Luntz". University of Melbourne: Melbourne Law School. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  2. ^ "APLN People". Australian Private Law Network. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  3. ^ Cane, Peter (2003). "Reforming Tort Law In Australia: A Personal Perspective". Melbourne University Law Review. University of Melbourne.
  4. ^ "OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
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