Paul Babie

Biography

Paul Babie holds a Personal Chair of Law in the Adelaide Law School of The University of Adelaide (The Australian academic rank of Professor (Personal Chair) is equivalent to the North American rank of Endowed Named Professorship/Chair (tenured)). He is currently Associate Dean of Law (International) of the Adelaide Law School and Associate Dean (International) of the Faculty of the Professions. He is Director of the Law and Religion Research Project of the Research Unit for the Study of Society, Ethics and Law (RUSSEL) (which he founded in 2007). He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law in 2017. He holds a BA in sociology from the University of Calgary, a BThSt from Flinders University, a LLB from the University of Alberta, a LLM from the University of Melbourne, and a DPhil in law from the University of Oxford. Following law school, he was an Associate with Howard, Mackie (now Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG)) in Calgary, Canada. He is a Barrister and Solicitor (inactive) of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta (Canada), and an Associate Member of the Law Society of South Australia. His primary research interests include critical theory; private law theory; property theory; and, liberation theology. He has published and spoken extensively in these fields. He teaches property law, property theory, law and religion, and Roman law. Paul Babie holds a Personal Chair of Law in the Adelaide Law School of The University of Adelaide (The Australian academic rank of Professor (Personal Chair) is equivalent to the North American rank of Endowed Named Professorship/Chair (tenured)). He is currently Associate Dean of Law (International) of the Adelaide Law School and Associate Dean (International) of the Faculty of the Professions. He is Director of the Law and Religion Research Project of the Research Unit for the Study of Society, Ethics and Law (RUSSEL) (which he founded in 2007). He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law in 2017. He holds a BA in sociology from the University of Calgary, a BThSt from Flinders University, a LLB from the University of Alberta, a LLM from the University of Melbourne, and a DPhil in law from the University of Oxford. Following law school, he was an Associate with Howard, Mackie (now Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG)) in Calgary, Canada. He is a Barrister and Solicitor (inactive) of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta (Canada), and an Associate Member of the Law Society of South Australia. His primary research interests include critical theory; private law theory; property theory; and, liberation theology. He has published and spoken extensively in these fields. He teaches property law, property theory, law and religion, and Roman law.

Research Interest

Critical Theory and Marxist Theory Private Law Theory Property Theory Liberation Theology and Religious Legal Systems