Dear Colleagues;

I pass on an invitation to submit a paper on the area of torts from the Australian Academy of Law, with a substantial prize attached.

 

AAL 2023 Essay Prize

The deadline for the submission of an essay is 31

August 2023 and this time limit is strictly observed.

AAL Newsletter [2023] No. 7 dated 27 July 2023

The essay topic for this year’s Prize is:

Mass torts and class actions: can the growth in this kind of

private litigation in Australia and elsewhere be described as an

evolutionary form of “privatised regulation”, gap-filling where

the state and its regulators have not fully or properly controlled

or deterred behaviours, or protected and compensated affected

persons? To what extent is it successful in that regard? Should

it be encouraged? Why or why not? Give examples.

The Prize is open to anyone, wherever resident, who

is studying or has studied legal subjects at a tertiary

level, or who is working or has worked in a law-based

occupation. There is no limit by reference to the age

or seniority or experience of, or position held by, a

person who may submit an entry. Accordingly,

judicial officers, legal practitioners, legal academics

and law students are all eligible to submit an essay.

The amount of the Prize is $10,000.

This year the length of an essay to be submitted is a

maximum of 8,000 words.

 

More details and an entry form are on the website at https://www.academyoflaw.org.au/page-18202 .

 

Regards

Neil