Private Law Theory

Abstract
A recent feature of corporate and consumer legislation in Australia is that as a matter of regulatory approach the legislation seems intended to speak directly to the end-user – the company director and the consumer – rather than lawyers. Accepting that such an approach is appropriate, the question this paper will explore is whether the manner and form of the legislation meets the underlying regulatory approach. Prima face, the highly prescriptive, repetitive, and legalistic way the law is expressed seems wholly unsuited to act as a practical guide to company directors and consumers as to their rights and obligations.

Grantham, Ross B, To Whom Does Australian Corporate and Consumer Legislation Speak? (July 5, 2018). (2018) 37 University of Queensland Law Journal, forthcoming.

First posted 2018-08-16 05:59:00