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Dr Robert Langton

Telephone +61 8 8303 4758
Position Senior Lecturer
Email robert.langton@adelaide.edu.au
Fax +61 8 8303 7243
Building 10 Pulteney Street
Floor/Room 11 21
Campus North Terrace
Org Unit Business School

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Biography/ Background

Robert is a senior lecturer in commercial law. He joined the School in 1991 after having taught at Massey University in New Zealand for eight years. Robert is the lecturer-in-charge of Commercial Law I(S) and also teaches in Commercial Law II. His research interests are in the fields of consumer law and corporate law.

Qualifications

B.A.(Hons)(VUW), LL.B. (Cant.), MBA, Ph.D. (Massey), LL.M (Corp & Com)

Teaching Interests

Commercial Law

Research Interests

Corporate Law, Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law

Publications

RJ Langton, 'Statutory drafting and unconscionable conduct in Australia', 7th Hawaii International Conference on Business, Honolulu 2007.

RJ Langton, 'Experiential learning using the final exam' Australian Business and Behavioural Sciences Association Conference, Adelaide 2006.

RJ Langton, 'Pirates, patents and drug dealers: an analysis of the achievements of the US pharmaceutical lobby at the Uruguay Round of the GATT', 6th Hawaii International Conference on Business, Honolulu 2006.

RJ Langton and LGS Trotman, 'Recent developments in the legal liability of auditors in Australia,' Corporate Law Teachers Association Conference, Brisbane 2005.

RJ Langton and LGS Trotman, 'Combating the deep pocket syndrome: new protection for company auditors in Australia,' 5th Hawaii International Conference on Business, Honolulu 2005.

LGS Trotman and RJ Langton, 'Much ado about very little: some reflections on ACCC v Berbatis' 2003 Bond Law Review, 27-41.

RJ Langton, 'Contracts: Concepts of Agreement', Chapter 12 of Terry and Guigni – Business, Society and the Law, 3rd ed, Thomson, Melbourne 2003, pp234-302.

RJ Langton and LGS Trotman, 'Unconscionable Conduct within the meaning of the unwritten law' Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference, Brisbane 2003.

RJ Langton, 'Corporations, directors and unconscionable conduct', Corporate Law Teachers Association Conference, Monash University, Melbourne 2002.

Professional Associations

Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.

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Entry last updated: Tuesday, 26 May 2009

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