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He is 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|accessdate=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 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|accessdate=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. |
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He is officially retired from University work, but he continues to maintain an office, teach, write essays and mark exams. |
He is officially retired from University work, but he continues to maintain an office, teach, write essays and mark exams. He is a leading advocate of reforms that would replace the law of negligence with a no-fault compensation scheme which would 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|accessdate=16 August 2010}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:31, 26 July 2012
Harold 'Harry' Luntz (born in South Africa in 1937) is an Australian law professor. He is widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading experts on torts law.
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.
- 1971 - Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
- 1976 - Professor, University of Melbourne.
- 1986-88, Dean of the Law Faculty, University of Melbourne.[1]
- Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford.
He is 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. He is a leading advocate of reforms that would replace the law of negligence with a no-fault compensation scheme which would provide such adequate social welfare that the awarding of damages becomes unnecessary.[3]
References
- ^ "Professor Harold Luntz". University of Melbourne: Melbourne Law School. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ "APLN People". Australian Private Law Network. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ Cane, Peter (2003). "Reforming Tort Law In Australia: A Personal Perspective". Melbourne University Law Review. University of Melbourne.
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External links
- A tribute from High Court Judge Michael Kirby on his retirement.