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Professor Anne Rees

Present Position
Head of School

Tel: 61 3 5227 1276
Fax:
61 3 5227 2151
Email:
hoslaw@deakin.edu.au

Academic Qualifications
BA Newcastle; BLegS Macq; LLM UNSW

   

Subjects Taught

  • Competition Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Contracts
  • Health Law
  • Commercial Law

Research Interests

  • Unconscionable conduct
  • Civil penalties
  • Trade practices
  • Mental health law

Work History

  • Associate Professor, University of Newcastle (2005-2007)
  • Commissioner, Australian Law Reform Commission (Nov 2001-Nov 2004)
  • Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Newcastle (2000-Nov 2001)
  • Appointed University of Newcastle 1989
  • Legal Member, Mental Health Review Tribunal of NSW, (1996-2007)

Publications

Book Chapters

  • A Rees & B Opeskin, 'Current Issues in Gene Patenting' in I Freckleton & K Petersen (eds) Disputes and Dilemmas in Health Law, Federation Press, Sydney, 2006
  • A Rees, 'Strategic and Project Planning' in B Opeskin & D Weisbrot (eds) The Promise of Law Reform, Federation Press, Sydney, 2005

Articles

  • A Rees, 'Civil penalties: Emphasising the adjective or the noun' (2006) 34 Australian Business Law Review 137-153