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Paula Darvas

Lecturer, Business Law and Taxation

  • BA
  • LLB(Hons)
  • LLM (Monash)
  • Barrister and Solicitor (Vic)

Paula joined the department in 1998 as an assistant lecturer. Before this, she had been a lecturer in law at RMIT, had worked as a research assistant in industrial law at Melbourne Law School and had also taken sessional tutorials in business law at Clayton.

Earlier, she had worked at the then Australian Securities Commission and as a solicitor in private practice.

Teaching

Paula is a lecturer in the areas of corporations law and trusts and industrial arbitration.

Publications

Book Review 

  • "Schemes, takeovers and Himalayan peaks: the use of schemes of arrangement to effect change of control transactions" (book review), Law Institute Journal, Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne, 79:5, 73, 2005

Journal Articles

  • "Grounding the 'social responsibility' of companies in the language of human rights:  a survey of the issues", Australian Journal of Corporate Law 20(2) (2007) pp. 129-156.

Seminar and Conference Presentations

  • "Describing the social responsibilities of companies in the language of human rights: conflict with traditional legal theory", Corporate Law Teachers’ Association Conference 2005, University of Sydney, 7 February 2005
  • "Corporate responsibility: myth and reality", Law Students for a Just Community Conference 2005, plenary speaker, Mt Evelyn, 5-7 August 2005
  • "Proposed workplace reform", National Tertiary Education Union, Monash branch, NTEU training afternoon, Clayton, 14 July 2005
  • "Challenges in ethical business", Corporate Responsibility Group, Amnesty International, Deloittes, 8 December 2005

Contact details

Telephone
+61 3 9903 2172
Email
Email Paula Darvas
Postal address
Department of Business Law and Taxation
PO Box 197
Caulfield East, Vic 3145
AUSTRALIA