David F. Partlett

Publications

SSRN Publications

David Partlett and Russell L. Weaver, International and Comparitive Perspectives on Defamation, Free Speech, and Privacy, 50 N.Y. Sch. L. Rev. 1 (2006), available at Westlaw.

Of Law Reform Lions and Limits of Tort Reform, 27 Sidney L. Rev. 417 (2005), available at Lexis.

David Partlett et al.,Tribute to Frederic L. Kirgis, 62 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 833 (2005), available at Lexis; Westlaw.

The Right to Speak Ill:  Defamation, Reputation and Free Speech (Carolina Academic Press 2006) (with Russell L. Weaver, Andrew T. Kenyon & Clive P. Walker).

Defamation Law and Free Speech: Reynolds v. Times Newspapers and the English Media, 37 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 1255 (2004) (with Russell L. Weaver, Andrew T. Kenyon & Clive P. Walker), available at Lexis; Westlaw.

Defamation, the Media, and Free Speech: Australia's Experiment With Expanded Qualified Privilege, 36 Geo. Wash. Int'l L. Rev. 377 (2004) (with Russell L. Weaver), available at Lexis; Westlaw.

Remedies: Cases, Practical Problems and Exercises (Thomson West 2004) (with Russell L. Weaver et al.).

The Republican Model and Punitive Damages, 41 San Diego L. Rev. 1409 (2004) (Symposium: Remedies Discussion Forum), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.

Misuse of Genetic Information: The Common Law and Professionals' Liability, 42 Washburn L.J. 489 (2003) (Ahrens Torts Seminar: Genomic Torts), available at Lexis; Washburn L.J.; Westlaw.

Introduction to Second Remedies Discussion Forum: Restitution, 36 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 777 (with Russell L. Weaver), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.

Restitution: Ancient Wisdom, 36 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 975 (2003) (with Russell L. Weaver) (Symposium: Second Remedies Discussion Forum: Restitution), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.

Equity, in The Oxford Companion to American Law 271 (David S. Clark et al. eds., Oxford University Press 2002).

Introduction to Administrative Law Discussion Forum, 54 Admin. L. Rev. 565 (2002), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.

Filling Cavities, 39 Brandeis L.J. 677 (2001) (with Russell Weaver), available at Lexis; Westlaw.

Lawyer-in-Residence Program Affords W&L Students Practical Lessons in Law, 50 Va. Law., June/July 2001, at 48, available at http://www.vsb.org/publications/valawyer/june_july01/news.pdf.

The American Dean Goes Abroad, 31 U. Tol. L. Rev. 689 (2000), available at Westlaw.

Prosser, Wade and Schwartz's Torts: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press 10th ed. 2000) (with Victor E. Schwartz & Kathryn Kelly).

Recovered Memories of Child Sexual Abuse and Liability: Society, Science, and the Law in a Comparative Setting, 4 Psychol. Pub. Pol'y & L. 1253 (1998) (with Barry Nurcombe), available at Lexis; Westlaw.

Modern Remedies: Cases, Practical Problems and Exercises (West Publishing Co. 1997) (with Russell L. Weaver et al.).

Tort Liability and the American Way: Reflections on Liability for Emotional Distress, 45 Am. J. Comp. L. 171 (1997) (reviewing Nicholas J. Mullany & Peter R. Handford, Tort Liability for Psychiatric Damage: The Law of "Nervous Shock" (1993)), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.

A Careful Expose, 79 Judicature 288 (1996) (reviewing Stephen Daniels & Joanne Martin, Civil Juries and the Politics of Reform (1995)), available at Hein-Online.

Punitive Damages: Legal Hot Zones, 56 La. L. Rev. 781 (1996) (Punitive Damages Symposium), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.

Child Mental Health and the Law (Free Press 1994) (with Barry Nurcombe).

Child Mental Health and the Law, 24 Vand. Law. 4 (1993) (overview of book entitled Child Mental Health and the Law written with Barry Nurcombe).

Suing for Medical Malpractice (University of Chicago Press 1993) (with Frank A. Sloan et al.).

From Victorian Opera to Rock and Rap: Inducement to Breach of Contract in the Music Industry, 66 Tul. L. Rev. 771 (1992), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.

Roaming in the Gloaming: The Liability of Professionals, 14 Sydney L. Rev. 261 (1992), available at Hein-Online.

An Embattled Profession: The Role of Lawyers in the Regulatory State, 14 U.N.S.W. L.J. 8 (1991) (with Eric A. Szweda).

The Common Law As Cricket, 43 Vand. L. Rev. 1401 (1990) (reviewing Patrick S. Atiyah & Robert S. Summers, Form and Substance in Anglo-American Law (1987)), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.

From Red Lion Square to Skokie to the Fatal Shore: Racial Defamation and Freedom of Speech in Australia, 22 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 431 (1989), available at Hein-Online. (Reprinted in an updated, revised, and expanded form, in Group Defamation and Freedom of Speech 135 (Monroe H. Freedman & Eric M. Freedman eds., Greenwood Press 1995)).

Professional Negligence in America, in Essays on Torts 98 (P. D. Finn ed., Law Book Company 1989).

An America's Cup for Tort Reform? Australia and America Compared, 21 U. Mich. J.L. Reform 443 (1988) (with Jeffrey O'Connell), available at Lexis; Westlaw.

Flood Warnings and Legal Liability: The George River Floods, August 1986 (CRES Working Paper 1988/8, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies 1988) (with John W. Handmer).

Medical Malpractice: The Roiled Road to Court Success, 19 Vand. Law. 9 (1988).

The Share Repurchase Albatross and Corporation Law Theory, 62 Austl. L.J. 139 (1988) (with Gregory Burton).

Forecasts, Warnings and Legal Liability: High Pressure and Gale Warnings for Weather Forecasting (CRES Working Paper 1987/7, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies 1987).

Law, Medicine, and the American Way (Centre for Independent Studies Policy Report 1987).

Economic Loss and the Limits of Negligence, 60 Austl. L.J. 64 (1986).

The Implications of Sutherland Shire Council v. Heyman for Building and Design Professionals, 2 Building & Construction L. 33 (1986).

Legal Liability Aspects of Flooding and Dam Failures (CRES Working Paper 1986/41, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies 1986).

Recovery of Damages for Loss of Future Earnings, in Law and Australian Legal Thinking in the 1980's at 195 (Alice E.S. Tay, ed., 12th International Congress of Comparative Law, University of Sydney & Monash University, 18-27 August 1986).

Attorney-Client Privilege, Professions and the Common Law Tradition, 10 J. Legal Prof. 9 (1985).

Case Note, Gould v. Vaggelas ((1984) 58 A.L.J.R. 560), 59 Austl. L.J. 228 (1985).

Case Note, Jaensch v. Coffey ((1984) 58 A.L.J.R. 426), 59 Austl. L.J. 44 (1985).

Case Note, Mahony v. J. Kruschich (Demolitions) ((1985) 59 A.L.J.R. 504), 59 Austl. L.J. 621 (1985).

Case Note, Sidaway v. Bethlem Royal Hospital (London Times, February 22, 1985), 59 Austl. L.J. 341 (1985).

No-Fault Insurance for Australians? A Package of Possibilities, in Personal Compensation for Injury: Proceedings of a Seminar 8 (J. L. R. Davis & D. F. Partlett eds., Australian Government Publishing Service 1985) (with Jeffrey O'Connell).

Personal Compensation for Injury: Proceedings of a Seminar (Australian Government Publishing Service 1985) (editor with J. L. R. Davis).

Professional Negligence (Law Book Company 1985).

Economic Analysis and Some Problems in the Law of Torts, 13 Melb. U. L. Rev. 398 (1982), available at Hein-Online.

Economic Analysis in the Law of Torts, in Law and Economics 59 (Ross Cranston & Anne Schick eds., Australian National University 1982).

Does the Racial Discrimination Act Adequately Fulfill Australia's Obligations Under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination?, in Legislating for Human Rights (University of New South Wales Faculty of Law 1981).

Access to Law: The Second Seminar on Australian Lawyers and Social Change (Australian National University Press 1980) (editor with John Goldring et al.).

Book Review, 11 Fed. L. Rev. 239 (1980) (reviewing Richard A. Posner, Economic Analysis of Law, 2d ed. (1977)).

Recovery of Economic Loss for Negligence in Australia, 9 Sydney L. Rev. 121 (1980), available at Hein-Online.

Benign Racial Discrimination: Equality and Aborigines, 10 Fed. L. Rev. 238 (1979).

Book Review, 10 Fed. L. Rev. 108 (1979) (reviewing C. D. Rowley, A Matter of Justice (1978)).

Liability of Auditors to Third Parties in Negligence, 17 Law Soc'y J. 93 (1979).

Recovery of Economic Loss in Negligence: The Australian High Court Strikes a New Trail, 9 Cal. W. Int'l L.J. 563 (1979).

The Right of Subrogation in Accommodation Bills of Exchange, 53 Austl. L.J. 694 (1979).

The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 and the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977: Aspects and Proposals for Change, 2 U.N.S.W. L.J. 152 (1977).