
Overview
Background
Professor Ross Grantham’s principal research interests are in the fields of corporate governance and the private law. He has published extensively in the area of the duties of company directors, as well as on matters dealing with the theoretical nature of the company and the implications of this nature for the integration of the company as a juristic entity into the general legal system. He has also published extensively on developments in the law of unjust enriched and restitution, particularly the interface between restitution and the law of property, and on the theoretical and philosophical basis of the private law.
In addition to his many articles in leading international journals, Professor Grantham is the author of a number of monographs and casebooks, and he has edited a number of collections of essays. Professor Grantham is a member of the editorial boards of a number of leading international journals.
Professor Grantham holds degrees from Oxford University, the University of Auckland and the University of Queensland, and has held senior management positions at both the University of Auckland and the University of Queensland.
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Fields of research
Research interests
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Corporate governance
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Commercial law
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Private law theory
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Law of Obligations
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Regulation Theory
Works
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Featured
2022
Book
The law and practice of corporate governance
Grantham, Ross (2022). The law and practice of corporate governance. 2nd ed. Chatswood, NSW: LexisNexis.
Featured
2021
Journal Article
People, planet, and profits: re-purposing the company
Grantham, Ross (2021). People, planet, and profits: re-purposing the company. Company and Securities Law Journal, 38 (4), 250-273.
Featured
2020
Book Chapter
Change of position-based defences
Grantham, Ross (2020). Change of position-based defences. Research handbook on unjust enrichment and restitution. (pp. 418-436) edited by Elise Bant, Kit Barker and Simone Degeling. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar.
Featured
2018
Journal Article
The proper role of policy in private law adjudication
Grantham, Ross and Jensen, Darryn (2018). The proper role of policy in private law adjudication. University of Toronto Law Journal, 68 (2), 187-230. doi: 10.3138/utlj.2017-0069
Featured
2018
Book
Apportionment in Private Law
Kit Barker and Ross Grantham eds. (2018). Apportionment in Private Law. Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing.
Featured
2017
Book
Unjust enrichment
Barker, Kit and Grantham, Ross (2017). Unjust enrichment. 2nd ed. Chatswood, NSW, Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Featured
2016
Journal Article
Coherence in the age of statutes
Grantham, Ross B. and Jensen, Darryn (2016). Coherence in the age of statutes. Monash University Law Review, 42 (2), 360-382.
Featured
2016
Book Chapter
The legitimacy of the company as a source of (private) power
Grantham, Ross B. (2016). The legitimacy of the company as a source of (private) power. Private law and power. (pp. 239-263) edited by Kit Barker, Simone Degeling, Karen Fairweather and Ross B. Grantham. Oxford: Hart Publishing.
Featured
2008
Book
Unjust enrichment
Barker, Kit and Grantham, Ross (2008). Unjust enrichment. Sydney, NSW, Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths.
2024
Book
Unjust enrichment
Barker, Kit and Grantham, Ross (2024). Unjust enrichment. 3rd ed. Chatswood, NSW Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths.
2020
Book
The Law and practice of corporate governance
Grantham, Ross (2020). The Law and practice of corporate governance. Sydney, NSW Australia: LexisNexis.
2018
Book
Apportionment in private law
Kit Barker and Ross Grantham eds. (2018). Apportionment in private law. London, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing.
2018
Book Chapter
Allocating the Costs of Making Restitution: Change of Position
Grantham, Ross (2018). Allocating the Costs of Making Restitution: Change of Position. Apportionment in Private Law. (pp. 197-220) Bloomsbury Publishing Plc..
2018
Journal Article
Acknowledgements
Barker, Kit and Grantham, Ross (2018). Acknowledgements. Apportionment in Private Law.
2017
Book
Private law in the 21st century
Kit Barker, Karen Fairweather and Ross Grantham eds. (2017). Private law in the 21st century. London, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing.
2017
Book
Credit, consumers and the law: after the global storm
Karen Fairweather, Paul O'Shea and Ross Grantham eds. (2017). Credit, consumers and the law: after the global storm. Markets and the Law, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing. doi: 10.4324/9781315574752
2017
Book Chapter
The Legitimacy of the Company as a Source of (Private) Power
Grantham, Ross (2017). The Legitimacy of the Company as a Source of (Private) Power. Private Law and Power. (pp. 239-262) Bloomsbury Publishing Plc..
2017
Book Chapter
The privatisation of Australian corporate law
Grantham, Ross (2017). The privatisation of Australian corporate law. New directions for law in Australia essays in contemporary law reform. (pp. 27-35) edited by Ron Levy, Molly O’Brien, Simon Rice, Pauline Ridge and Margaret Thornton. Acton, ACT Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/NDLA.09.2017
2017
Journal Article
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Barker, Kit, Fairweather, Karen and Grantham, Ross (2017). ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Private Law in the 21st Century.
2017
Book
Private law and power
Kit Barker, Simone Degeling, Karen Fairweather and Ross Grantham eds. (2017). Private law and power. Hart Studies in Private Law, Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
A model national legal framework for mangrove ecosystem services: a comparative analysis of existing legal recognition of ecosystem services for wetlands in the United States and Vietnam
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Justine Bell-James
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Doctor Philosophy
An Australian Approach to Conduct Regulation and the Supervision of Culture in Banks
Associate Advisor
Completed supervision
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Locating the Public in Australian Public Enterprise: Reinforcing the Public Objectives and Public Accountability of Australian Government-Owned Businesses
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Graeme Orr
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Addressing Inequality in Consumer Transactions
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Nick Gaskell
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Specific Conflicts of Interest and Debtor Opportunism within Corporate Groups: A case for additional creditor protection.
Joint Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor David Morrison
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Coherence in Australian Private Law: A Review of the High Court's Approach
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kit Barker
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
How is 'efficiency' determined in the insolvency context? Clarifying the meaning of efficiency with the conjunction of insolvency jurisprudence and economic methodology
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor David Morrison
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Australian Corporate Regulation: Theory and Practice - The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Regulation of Corporate Misconduct
Associate Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
COST-EFFECTIVE PROTECTION FOR LOW-VALUE INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER TRANSACTIONS. CURRENT STATUS AND POTENTIAL DIRECTIONS.
Associate Advisor
Media
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- Commercial Law
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Law
- Firearms Regulation
- Private Law
- Property
- Unjust Enrichment
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