The University of Newcastle,
Researcher report.
| Researcher: |
Professor Edmund Wright |
| Preferred name: |
Ted |
| School: |
School of Law |
| Commenced with
Institution: |
21-FEB-2000 |
| Personal URL: |
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Funded Projects
Please note, only grants administered through the University of Newcastle Research Office are recorded here. For a more complete picture of the researcher's grant history a Personal URL may be supplied, above.
| Research Team |
Initial Year |
Duration (Years) |
Funding Body/Client |
Award Type |
Title of Project |
Collaborating Partners |
Total Cash $ |
Total Inkind $ |
| Professor Edmund Wright;Assoc. Prof Manfred Ellinghaus |
2007 |
2 |
Australian Research Council |
Project - Discovery Projects |
Models of contract law: are broad principles better than detailed rules? |
|
124000 |
|
| Professor Edmund Wright;Assoc. Prof Manfred Ellinghaus |
2006 |
1 |
University of Newcastle |
Project - Near Miss |
Regulating contracts: are broad principles better than detailed rules? |
|
20000 |
|
| Professor Edmund Wright |
2004 |
1 |
University of Newcastle |
Travel - Travel Grant |
The Common Law of Contracts as a World Force in Two Ages of Revolution, 7-8 June 2004, England |
|
2400 |
|
| Professor Edmund Wright;Ms Deirdre Howard |
2004 |
1 |
Motor Accidents Authority of NSW |
Project - Research Grant |
Study of User Group Perceptions of Motor Accident Assessment Services (MAS) and the Claims Assessment and Resolution Service (CARS) |
|
445708 |
|
| Professor Edmund Wright;Dr Angela Melville;Dr Jonathan Adams |
2004 |
1 |
University of Newcastle |
Project - Project Grant |
Lawyers perceptions of professional negligence: A tale of two standards. |
|
5000 |
|
| Professor Edmund Wright;Dr Angela Melville |
2004 |
1 |
University of Newcastle |
Project - Project Grant |
Changes to regional legal services: transforming the bread and butter. |
|
8000 |
|
| Professor Edmund Wright |
2004 |
1 |
University of Newcastle |
Visit(or)/Exchange - Visitor Grant |
Visit of Prof Lester Brickman 23/02/04 to 31/05/04 |
|
5225 |
|
| Professor Edmund Wright |
2003 |
1 |
University of Newcastle |
Conference - Conference Establishment Grant |
21st Annual Law and Society Conference |
|
2946 |
|
| Dr Angela Melville;Professor Edmund Wright;Assoc. Prof Stephen Tomsen |
2003 |
1 |
University of Newcastle |
Project - Project Grant |
Citizenship, risk and responsibility: press constructions of tort litigation claims and outcomes in New South Wales |
|
5000 |
|
| Professor Edmund Wright |
2001 |
2 |
Motor Accidents Authority of NSW |
Project - Consultancy |
Evaluation of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act, 1999. |
|
329819 |
|
| Professor Edmund Wright |
2001 |
3 |
Australian Research Council |
Collaborative - SPIRT Grant (Shared) |
Australian and German Civil Litigation - A Comparative and Empirical Analysis. |
|
67699 |
|
| Professor Edmund Wright |
2001 |
1 |
University of Newcastle |
Travel - Travel Grant |
Academy of Social Sciences Workshop: litigation past and present University of Adelaide 22-23 September 2001 |
|
1106 |
|
| Professor Edmund Wright |
2001 |
1 |
Australian Research Council |
Collaborative - SPIRT Grant (Shared) |
Models of Contract Law - an empirical evalutation of their utility. |
|
14191 |
|
|
Research Higher Degree Supervision
For a more complete picture of the researcher's supervision history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.
Current Student Supervision
| Program |
Supervision Level |
Research Topic |
| PhD (Law) |
Principal Supervisor |
Transsexualism and the Law - Difference versus Disorder |
| PhD (Law) |
Principal Supervisor |
The "Claims" Area of Construction Disputes |
| PhD (Psychology - Science) |
Principal Supervisor |
Cognitive Mechanisms of Broad Principles and Specific Rules in Contract Law |
| M Philosophy (Law) |
Sole Supervisor |
The Nature of a 'Business' - an Examination of the Notion of 'Business' in Australian Taxation Law, and of the Related Term 'Adventure in the Nature of Trade' |
|
Total Equivalent Full-time Student Units (EFTSU):
| Supervision Level |
EFTSU |
| Masters |
0.500 |
| PhD |
0.950 |
|
Student Completions
NB - the completions shown here are only those for the University of Newcastle obtained since 2001.
| Program |
Year |
Research Topic |
| M Laws LL.M [R] |
2005 |
The Settlement of Family Law Disputes Before the Courts in Papua New Guinea: Is There a Need for Reform? |
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Research Publications
Please note, the publications listed here:
(1) relate to the researcher's position at the University of Newcastle only
(2) are for selected categories of publications, and
(3) relate to publication year 1998, onwards.
For a more complete picture of the researcher's publication history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.
Journal Article
Wright Edmund Walker, ’National trends in personal injury litigation: Before and after 'Ipp'’, Torts Law Journal, 14 233-267 (2006) [C1]
Ellinghaus M P, Wright Edmund Walker, ’The Common Law of Contracts: Are Broad Principles Better Than Detailed Rules? An Empirical Investigation’, Texas Wesleyan Law Review, 11 399-420 (2005) [C2]
Book
Ellinghaus Manfred Paul, Wright Edmund Walker, Karras Maria, Models of Contract Law : an empirical evaluation of their utility, Themis Press, Sydney, 153 (2005) [A1]
Wright Edmund Walker, Ann Eyland, Maria Karras, Natalina Nheu, Case Management Reform: An Evaluation of the District Court of NSW and County Court of Victoria 1996 Reforms, Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales, Sydney, 1-181 (2003) [A2]
Sage Caroline Mary, Wright Edmund Walker, Morris C, Case management reform: a study of the federal court's individual docket system, Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, Sydney, 210 (2002) [A2]
Wright Edmund Walker, Eyland A, Nheu N, Legal Aid for Committals: An evaluation of the impact of the centralised committals Scheme, Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales, Sydney, 93 (2001) [A2]
Chapter in Book
Wright Edmund Walker, Melville Angela Lee, ’Hey, but who's counting? The metrics and politics of trends in civil litigation’, Litigation: Past and Present, UNSW Press, Sydney, 96-121 (2004) [B1]
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