Associate Professor Fred Ellinghaus

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Principal Fellow

LLB (Hons) (Melb) LLM (Yale)Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria

Languages spoken: English, German

Fred Ellinghaus was educated at the University of Melbourne and at Yale University.  He has taught, researched and published mainly in the area of contract law.  He is co-author (with N C Seddon) of Cheshire and Fifoot's Contract Law, 7th Australian edition (1997), 8th Australian edition (2002), and 9th Australian edition (2008).  He is also co-author (with E W Wright) of An Australian Contract Code (Law Reform Commission of Victoria,1992), and of Models of Contract Law (Federation Press, 2005).  His current research focuses on the codification and globalisation of contract law, and the relative utility of broad and detailed rules.


Areas of Expertise:

Current Research Interests

Australian contract law

Globalisation of contract law

Codification of contract law

Relative utility of rule forms

 

 


Other

Private law interest group

 

 

 

 


Fred Ellinghaus

Phone:
+61 3 834 46170
 
Fax:
+61 3 9347 2392
 
Email:
Fred Ellinghaus
 
Room:
0416-Carrel