Professor Jim Davis is an Emeritus Professor at The Australian National University College of Law. He retired from full-time teaching in the ANU College of Law in 2001, having taught here since 1968.

His publications include The Law of Contract (with Professor Don Greig, 1987) and Law of Torts (with Dr Rosalie Balkin), the fifth edition of which was published in May 2013.

Appointments

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS

• Professor, ANU College of Law, Canberra Australia (1980s - 2001
• Reader, ANU College of Law, Canberra Australia (1971 - 1980s)
• Senior Lecturer, ANU College of Law, Canberra Australia (1968 - 1971)
• Lecturer, University of Canterbury, Christchurch NZ (1965 - 1967)

Significant research publications

• Anderson, K & Davis, J 2007, 'Annual Survey of Recent Developments in Australian Private International Law, 2005', Australian Year Book of International Law, vol. 26, pp. 425-448.
• Anderson, K & Davis, J 2006, 'Annual Survey of Recent Developments in Australian Private International Law 2004', Australian Year Book of International Law, vol. 25, pp. 697-710.
• Davis, J, ed., 2006, Contract: General Principles, The Laws of Australia, Thomson Lawbook Co, Pyrmont, NSW.
• Anderson, K & Davis, J 2005, 'Annual Survey of Recent Developments in Australian Private International Law 2000-2003', Australian Year Book of International Law, vol. 24, pp. 443-464.
• Balkin, R & Davis, J, eds, 2004, Law of Torts (3rd ed), LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood NSW.
• Davis, J 2001, 'Burnie Port Authority v General Jones', in Blackshield (ed.), Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Australia, p. 73.
• Davis, J 2001, 'Occupiers liability', in Blackshield (ed.), Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 508-509.
• Davis, J 2001, 'Donoghue v Stevenson', in Blackshield (ed.), Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 225-226.
• Davis, J 2001, 'Privity and Exclusion Clauses', in Peter Kincaid (ed.), Privity Private justice or public regulation, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, England, pp. 284-308.
• Davis, J 2000, 'Is there still scope for forum shopping after John Pfeiffer v Rogerson?', Australian Bar Review, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 107-114.
• Davis, J 2000, 'Liability for careless acts or omissions causing purely economic loss: Perre v Apand Pty Ltd', Torts Law Journal, vol. 8, pp. 123-132.
• Greig DW; Davis, JLR 1987, The Law of Contract

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