Alastair MacAdam - School of Law

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Senior Lecturer

BCom, LLB (Hons) Qld, LLM(Hons) QUT
Barrister (Supreme Court of Qld)

Contact:

Room: C727 (Gardens Point campus)
Tel: (07) 313 82713 (W)
Tel: (07) 5498 5304 (H)
Car Phone: 0427 985 304
Fax: (07) 313 82121
Email: a.macadam@qut.edu.au

Alastair MacAdam has qualifications in both accounting and law. He was originally a banker. Alastair then lectured at the Commerce Department at the University of Queensland from 1976-1980 when he joined the QUT Law Faculty.

His major publications include A Macadam& T Smith, Statutes - Rules and Examples, 1st edn 1985, 2nd edn 1989, 3rd edn 1993, Butterworths; and A Macadam& J Pyke, Judicial Reasoning and the Doctrine of Precedent in Australia, Butterworths, 1998.

Alastair has been extensively involved in the delivery of training courses for industry, government and the legal and accounting professions.

Units currently taught:

• LWB141 Legal Institutions and Methods
• LWB143 Legal Research & Writing

Research and consulting interests:

• Legislation
• The Doctrine of Precedent
• The Valuation and Resumption of Land