By Professor Michael James Legg

Journal articles

Legg , 2010, 'Funding a Class Action through Limiting the Group: What does Part IVA of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) permit?', Australian Bar Review, 33, pp. 17 - 34

Legg , 2010, 'Mediation of complex commercial disputes prior to litigation: The Delaware Court of Chancery approach', Australian Dispute Resolution Journal, 21, pp. 44 - 52

Legg MJ, 2009, 'The Aristocrat Leisure Ltd shareholder class action settlement', Australian Business Law Review, 37, pp. 399 - 399

Legg MJ; Mavrakis N, 2009, 'ASIC v Citigroup: Fiduciary Duties, Managing Conflicts and Chinese Walls', Macquarie Journal of Business Law, 6, pp. 181 - 181

Legg MJ, 2009, 'The Extra-territorial Application of US Securities Class Actions', Australian Law Journal, 83, pp. 373 - 373

Legg , 2009, 'Entrepreneurs and Figureheads – Addressing Multiple Class Actions and Conflicts of Interest', UNSW Law Journal, 15, pp. 909

Legg ; Harris J, 2009, 'How the American Dream Became a Global Nightmare: An Analysis of the Causes of the Global Financial Crisis', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 32, pp. 350

Legg ; Travers L, 2009, 'Necessity is the mother of invention - the adoption of third party litigation funding and the closed class in australian class actions', Common Law World Review, 38, pp. 245 - 267

Legg , 2009, 'Replacement of the responsibile entity of a managed investment scheme by members', Company and Securities Law Journal, 27, pp. 299 - 309, http://legalonline.thomson.com.au/subscribed/static-fs/journals/CSLJ/LAWREP-027-CSLJ-JL-0299.pdf?sessionId=6649b4250ade6d031da4d2c00693a594

Harris J; Legg , 2009, 'What price investor protection? Class actions vs Corporate rescue', Insolvency Law Journal, 17, pp. 185

Legg MJ, 2008, 'Shareholder Class Actions in Australia - The Perfect Storm?', UNSW Law Journal, 31, pp. 669 - 669

Legg M; McBride V; Clark S, 2008, 'The New South Wales Representative Proceeding: A Class Action Half-Way House', University of Western Sydney Law Journal, 12, pp. 176 - 176

Legg MJ, 2008, 'The Opes Prime Litigation: Securities `Lending` Transfers Legal Title to Securities', Company and Securities Law Journal, 26, pp. 407 - 412

Legg M, 2007, 'Book Review - What is Life Worth? The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11', Australian Dispute Resolution Journal, 18, pp. 61 - 61

Legg MJ, 2007, 'Institutional Investors and Shareholder Class Actions: The Law and Economics of Participation', Australian Law Journal, 81, pp. 478 - 478

Legg MJ, 2007, 'Sons of Gwalia Ltd v Margaretic - Encouraging shareholder claims and the fraud on the market theory', Australian Business Law Review, 35, pp. 390 - 390

Legg MJ, 2007, 'The United States Deposition - Time for Adoption in Australian Civil Procedure?', Melbourne University Law Review, 31, pp. 146 - 146

Legg M, 2006, 'Auditor Independence and Criminal Liability Under CLERP 9', Australian Business Law Review, 34, pp. 156 - 156

Legg M, 2006, 'Book Review: War Law - International Law and Armed Conflict', Public Law Review, 17, pp. 233 - 233

Legg M, 2005, 'An Auditor’s Obligations to Report to ASIC: Between the Hammer and the Anvil', Companies and Securities Law Journal, 23, pp. 264 - 264

Legg M, 2005, 'Rasul v Bush: The War on Terrorism and the Right of Detainees to Access American Courts', Public Law Review, 16, pp. 89 - 89

Legg MJ, 2004, 'Economic Guidelines for Awarding Exemplary Damages', Monash University Law Review, 30, pp. 303 - 303

Legg MJ, 2004, 'Role of the Judge in the Settlement of Representative Proceedings: Lessons from the United States’ Class Action Experience', Australian Law Journal, 78, pp. 58 - 58

Legg M, 2004, 'Verizon Communications, Inc. v. F.C.C. – Telecommunications Access Pricing and Regulator Accountability through Administrative Law and Takings Jurisprudence', Federal Communications Law Journal, 56, pp. 563 - 563

Legg M, 2004, 'West Virginia Asbestos Mass Trial: Efficient Innovation or Constitutional Violation?', Defense Counsel Journal, 71, pp. 243 - 243

Legg M, 2003, 'Telecommunications Access Pricing in the United States and Australia: Problems and Responses', Trade Practices Law Journal, 11, pp. 233 - 233

Legg MJ, 2003, 'The Causation Conundrum of Mesothelioma', Tort Law Review, 11, pp. 9 - 9

Legg M, 2002, 'Indigenous Australians and International Law: Racial Discrimination, Genocide and Reparations', Berkeley Journal of International Law, 20, pp. 387 - 387

Legg M, 2002, 'Patent Law Developments in the United States: US Supreme Court Rules on Doctrine of Equivalents and Prosecution History Estoppel in Festo Corp. v Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co. Ltd', Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 13, pp. 155 - 155

Legg M, 2000, 'Legal Professional Privilege after Esso: What is a dominant purpose?', Australian Bar Review, 20, pp. 40 - 40

Legg M, 2000, 'Negligent Acts and Pure Economic Loss in the High Court', Insurance Law Journal, 12, pp. 101 - 101

Legg M, 1999, 'Concurrent Liability and Contributory Negligence: The High Court’s decision in Astley v Austrust Ltd', Australian Bar Review, 18, pp. 262 - 262

Legg M, 1996, 'Misleading and Deceptive Conduct in Prospectuses', Companies and Securities Law Journal, 14, pp. 47 - 47

Conference Papers

Legg M, 2024, 'Online Dispute Resolution and the Future Role of Lawyers’', Amsterdam, presented at International Legal Ethics Conference, Amsterdam, 17 July 2024 - 19 July 2024

Conference Presentations

Legg M; Song T, 2024, 'Leadership for the Modern Law Firm', presented at Industry 4.0 – Navigating the Future of Legal Services, ANU College of Law, 14 June 2024 - 15 June 2024

Reports

Bell F; Bennett Moses L; Legg M; McNamara V, 2025, Submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission inquiry 'Artificial Intelligence in Victoria's Courts and Tribunals', UNSW Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession, UNSW Sydney

Bennett Moses L; Legg M; Manwaring K; Uppal M, 2023, Submission to the Attorney-General's Department Review of the Privacy Act (Privacy Act Review Report 2022), http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28588

Bell F; Bennett Moses L; Legg M; Silove J; Zalnieriute M, 2022, AI Decision-Making and the Courts: A Guide for Judges, Tribunal Members and Court Administrators, Australiasian Institute on Judicial Administation, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28357, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4162985

Legg M; Song T; Bennett Moses L; Buckland R, 2021, Open Justice: Court and Tribunal Information: Access, Disclosure and Publication, 46

Bell F; Legg M, 2020, Survey of Australia’s Federal Courts: Judicial Views of Remote Proceedings - Summary of Findings, Law Society of NSW Future of Law and Innovation in the Profession Research Stream

Bell F; Legg M; McIntyre J; Olijnyk A, 2020, The Use of Technology (and Other Measures) to Increase Court Capacity: A View from Australia

Media

Legg M; McNamara V, 2024, AI is creating fake legal cases and making its way into real courtrooms, with disastrous results, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/ai-is-creating-fake-legal-cases-and-making-its-way-into-real-courtrooms-with-disastrous-results-225080

Legg M; Nehme M, 2016, Insolvency and Incorporated Law Firms: Lessons from Slater and Gordon's Troubles, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27145

Other

Bell F; Bennett Moses L; Bednarz Z; Legg M; Manwaring K; Rogers J; Leach Scully J; Yastreboff M, 2020, Submission to the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources on “An AI Action Plan for all Australians", https://www.allenshub.unsw.edu.au/news/submission-ai-action-plan

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