About this Event
The ANU College of Law is proud to welcome Professor Douglas Brodie ( Associate Principal (Social Inclusion), University of Strathclydeas) as the keynote speaker at the annual Phillipa Weeks lecture. Given each year in memory of the late ANU Law Professor, Phillipa Weeks, this annual lecture is delivered by national and international experts highlighting key issues in the area of labour law.
Over the last 30 to 40 years the courts in a number of jurisdictions have taken the view that the nature of the employment contract necessitates that it should be treated differently, in a variety of respects, to other types of contractual relationships.
The overturning of the decision of the Full Court in Barker by the High Court and subsequent decisions of that Court have set the common law of Australia on a very different path. Professor Brodie seeks to argue that as a result, in the Australian context, it is no longer meaningful to describe the employment contract as relational. He will explore the implications of this so far as the future development of the contract is concerned. The lecture will consider the impact that recourse to the more conventional framework provided by the general principles of the law of contract is likely to have. The lecture will also consider whether statute is likely to act as a catalyst or constraint.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
ANU College of Law, Moot Court, 6 Fellows Road, Acton, Australia
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