Senior Lecturer

Career Summary

I commenced my academic career as a Tutor in Law at the University of Tasmania in 1974, was promoted to the position of Lecturer in Law at the same institution in 1977 and was again promoted to my current position as Senior Lecturer in Law in 1989. From 1992 to 1995 I was a Senior Lecturer in Law at the City University of Hong Kong.

Units Taught

Research Interests

My major research focus has been on all aspects of succession law, including the law relating to wills, family provision, intestacy and administration of estates. Particular interest has been on the interaction between succession law and other law areas such as contract and criminal law. I am currently a consultant to the Law Reform Institute of Tasmania on succession law matters and a member of the National Uniform Succession Law Committee.
Research has also focused on aspects of property law, with concentration on particular aspects of real property, such as the law relating to leases.

Selected Publications:

• Mackie K, Bates F and others, 1996, 'The Australian Social Worker and the Law', Law Book Co, pgs. 377
• Mackie K and Griggs L, 2000, 'Burial Rights: The contemporary Australian Position ', Journal of Law and Medicine , 7, pgs. 404-414
• Mackie K, 1998, 'Testimony Conditions', University of Queensland Law Journal, 20, pgs. 38-55
• Mackie K, 1998, 'The Troja Case - Criminal Law, Succession and Law Reform', Canberra Law Review , 5, pgs. 177-202
• Mackie K, 1988, 'Manslaughter and Succession ', Australian Law Journal, 62, pgs. 616-623
• Mackie K, 2007, 'Principles of Australian Succession Law', LexisNexis Butterworths, pgs. 325
• Mackie K and Burton M, 2000, 'Outline of Succession ', Butterworths, pgs. 279

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