Dr Sirko Harder

Research Interests

Comparative Law
Contract
Remedies
Restitution
Torts

Supervisor Profile

Qualified to supervise: Honours; Masters; PhD;

Current projects under supervision

Honours:

2 LLB honours theses

Masters:

No current projects

Doctoral:

A comparative analysis of the common law principles of liquidated damages, penalties and freedom of contract and the treatment of these principles by the Unidroit Principles of International Contracts 2004, the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980 ("CISG") and the Principles of European Contract Law 1999 ("PELC")
(co-supervisor: Normann Witzleb

Publications

2011

S Harder, 'Convergence and divergence in private international law', (2011) 7(3) Journal of Private International Law 649-663.

S Harder, 'Equitable compensation for a fiduciary's non-disclosure and hypothetical courses of events', (2011) 5(1) Journal of Equity 22-42.

S Harder, 'Gain-based relief for invasion of privacy', (2011) 1(1) Dictum:The Victoria Law School Journal  63-79.

S Harder, 'Problems in interpreting the unfair contract terms provisions of the Australian Consumer Law', (2011) 34(3) Australian Bar Review 306-324.

S Harder, 'Recent developments in the assessment of damages', (2011) 25(2) Commercial Law Quarterly 15-22.

S Harder, 'Statutes of limitation between classification and renvoi - Australian and South African approaches compared', (2011) 60(3) International and Comparative Law Quarterly 659-680.

Selected list of publications, including those prior to 2011