Michael Douglas

In Fall 2018, Michael is researching conflict of laws and privacy law at Harvard Law School. He is contactable by email.

Michael Douglas is a Senior Lecturer at UWA Law School, where he researches private international law. He is particularly interested in cross-border media law issues, a subject which he has commented upon on television, at TEDx, and in academic journals. He is the incoming editor of the Media and Arts Law Review, reporter for the New South Wales Law Reports and a Consultant at Bennett + Co within the firm’s commercial litigation and dispute resolution practice.

Michael is originally from Bunbury, Western Australia, and attended UWA Law School as a Fogarty Foundation Regional Scholar. Apart from his legal studies, Michael holds an Honours degree in philosophy and an MBA with Distinction. He is pursuing a PhD in private international law under the supervision of David Rolph and William Gummow.

Michael is a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney. His thesis considers the treatment of cross-border privacy wrongs – such as misuse of private information – in private international law.

Michael is editing a book titled, Commercial Issues in Private International Law, which is based on a 2018 conference at the University of Sydney. The book will be published by Hart and is co-edited by Vivienne Bath (Sydney), Mary Keyes (Griffith) and Andrew Dickinson (Oxford). Michael is contributing a chapter on choice of law.

In 2019, Michael will be working on the 10th edition of Nygh’s Conflict of Laws in Australia, with Martin Davies, Andrew Bell and Justice Brereton, and the 6th edition of Balkin & Davis – Law of Torts, with David Rolph, Jason Varuhas and Penelope Crossley, each published by LexisNexis Butterworths.