Dr Patrick Quirk

Dr Quirk is Associate Professor at Australian Catholic University Brisbane Campus. He holds degrees in law and arts from the University of Queensland, as well as a Master of Civil Laws (Magister Legum) from the University of Tübingen, Germany, which he completed by coursework and thesis (in German). He took his Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide, with additional supervision from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Patrick's thesis on "Pathways for Conscience Protection in Law: German, American and Australian Perspectives" was awarded a Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence.

Following graduation, Patrick was admitted to the Queensland Bar and later practised as a solicitor at a large firm in Sydney, NSW. Patrick has also taught at Bond University Law School, Ave Maria School of Law and the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, D.C. He teaches and writes on various commercial and civil law areas, including the U.S. Uniform Commercial Code, the law of electronic commerce, and law & religion.

Patrick has given presentations in many countries, including Italy, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Germany, the United States, and Poland, as part of CUA's summer program in Krakow. He has taught the US Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), including Revised Article 9 (Secured Transactions) & Articles 3, 4, 4A (Commercial and Payment Systems), International Business Transactions, US Conflict of Laws, US Securities Regulation, and other courses in US law schools. 

He taught the PM Glynn Institute's innovative School Leavers Program during December 2023.

Patrick is also a scholar-in-residence at St Mary's College at the University of Melbourne and a member of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars (USA). 

CURRENT AND UPCOMING COURSES:

• Equity and Trusts
• Competition Law

JOURNALS

Since 2010 Patrick has been a referee (peer-reviewer) for Issues in Law and Medicine. This US journal includes original articles, verbatim legal documents, analytical summaries of recent national and international court decisions, abstracts of medical, legal, and ethical journal articles, and announcements of new books. It has been cited in the published opinions of at least fourteen state and federal courts of appeal of the United States, including two United States Supreme Court and seven state supreme court opinions, and cited in more than 1100 law review articles. 

INFORMATION ON OUR LAW SCHOOL PATRON: ST THOMAS MORE

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*See more comprehensive updates at my ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3333-300X

See my SSRN page at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=130149

RECENT ARTICLES:

David Morrison and Patrick Quirk, The Equity of Exoneration and Figments of the Trustee's Imagination (2024) 31 Insolv LJ 223-236.

Patrick T. Quirk, When My Opt Out Is Your Trigger: Oderberg's Argument with the Religious Freedom Sincerity Test, 11 Faulkner Law Review 161 (2021). https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/8441826

Register Your Security Interest or Face the Consequences: Re Holdco Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) (No2) 29 Insolvency Law Journal 225 (2021)

Lost Commas: Clarifying the Doctrine of the Last Antecedent - Finding a Better Way 28 Insolvency Law Journal 95 (2020)

An Australian Conundrum: Genomic Technology, Data, and the COVIDSafe App (with Dr D Morrison) 33 Pace Int'l L. Rev. 43 (2020)

When My Opt Out is Your Trigger: Oderberg's Argument with the Religious Freedom Sincerity Test, 11 Faulkner. L. Rev. 161 (2020)

Protecting Religious Freedom and Conscience: What Australia Might Learn from Germany 43 Fordham Int'l L.J. 163 (2019)

The Undefined Remains Unprotected: Tensions Between Conscience and the Law in Germany by Way of Joseph Isensee 27 Tul. J. Int & Comp. L. 55 (2018-19)

Review of "Bailey, James P.: Rethinking Poverty: Income, Assets, and the Catholic Social Justice Tradition" The Review of Metaphysics 68.3 (2015): 639+. Academic OneFile. Web. 24 Apr. (2015)

Stop Sliming Your Liquid Assets: Security Over Deposit Accounts - U.S. Perspectives, 35 Adelaide Law Review 129-149 (2014)

RECENT BOOK CHAPTERS: 

Patrick Quirk, Chapter 18 Consumer Law and the Internet (with Professor J. Rothchild, Wayne State University Law School), in Handbook of International Consumer Law and Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing, London, first edition 2010, second edition, 2018

BOOKS: 

Quirk & Forder (eds), Electronic Commerce and the Law, John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd, Brisbane, first edition 2001, second edition, 2003

Please see recent updates at ORCID ID (includes conference papers and collaborations): https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3333-300X

2023, Do, A.D. Ta, V.L. Bui, P.T. Do, N.T. Dong, Q.T. Lam, H.T. The Impact of the Quality of Logistics Services in E-Commerce on the Satisfaction and Loyalty of Generation Z Customers. Sustainability 2023, 15, 15294. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/21/15294