Mark Giancaspro

Dr Mark Giancaspro

Senior Lecturer

Adelaide Law School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr Mark Giancaspro is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide Law School and Special Counsel with DW Fox Tucker Lawyers. He holds an honours degree in Laws and Legal Practice from Flinders University and a PhD from the University of Adelaide. His teaching and research expertise are in contract law, competition and consumer law, and sports law, and he has published widely on matters including issues with the formation and renegotiation of contracts, consumer protection, and smart contracts. He provides training and advice to domestic and international commercial law firms, industry bodies and governments, and is a member of the Law Council of Australia (Business Law Section, Digital Commerce Committee and Competition and Consumer Committee), the ACCC’s Small Business & Franchising Consultative Committee, the International Association of Consumer Law, and the Adelaide Law School’s Research Unit on the Regulation of Commerce, Corporations, Insolvency and Taxation (ROCCIT).

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2023 - ongoing Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2015 - ongoing Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2014 - 2014 Access to Information Legal Officer WorkCover SA
    2013 - 2013 Associate Lecturer University of Adelaide

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    Flinders University Australia Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Hons.)
    University of Adelaide Australia Doctor of Philosophy (Law)

  • Postgraduate Training
    Date Title Institution Country
    Contract Attorneys Course Judge Advocate General's School (US Army) United States

  • Research Interests
    Commercial and Contract Law
Year Institution Project Title/Description Amount
2023 Law Foundation SA Establishing a Legal Framework for Supported Decision-Making to Empower Individuals with Impaired Decision-Making’ $71,000
2023 SA Attorney-General’s Department Qualitative Research for the South Australian Legal Needs Assessment $36,083
2021 Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman An Investigation into How Crisis Events Affect Small Business and Family Enterprises and which Factors (Internal and External) Stem Decline, Help Recovery, and Promote the Development of Resilience $17,690 
2021 SA Department of Premier and Cabinet An Investigation into the Performance of the MSME Sector in South Australia and the Utility of Government Programs Aimed at Supporting the Sector $35,510
2019 Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman The Use of Family Trusts in Small Business and Family Enterprise $19,862 
2016 University of Adelaide Learning Law: Improving the Learning Experience for Chinese Students $4,932
2015 Law Foundation SA Cyberbullying: Associated Harm and Awareness of Applicable Laws and University Policies $3,176
2015 University of Adelaide Lex Salus – Improving the Adelaide Law Student Experience: A Focussed Approach for a Unique Discipline $2,400

 

 

Active teaching areas

Commercial Transactions

Contract Law

Company and Business Law

Sports Law

Previous teaching areas

Tort Law

Introduction to Law

Introduction to Business Law

Introduction to Australian Law

Moot Court (Advocacy)

  • Board Memberships
    Date Role Board name Institution name Country
    2019 - ongoing Director Executive Board Sport SA Australia

  • Committee Memberships
    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2019 - 2022 Representative Outreach Coordinator Adelaide Law School Australia
    2017 - ongoing Member Faculty Work Health and Safety Committee The University of Adelaide, School of Law Australia
    2013 - ongoing Member Lex Salus (Health and Wellbeing) Committee Adelaide Law School Australia

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2019 - ongoing Member International Association of Consumer Law Australia
    2019 - ongoing Member Commercial Law Association of Australia Australia
    2016 - ongoing Member Research Unit for Military Law and Intelligence (RUMLAE) Australia

  • Editorial Boards
    Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
    2015 - ongoing Editor Alternative Law Journal University of Adelaide Australia
  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Phone: 83130879
  • Email: mark.giancaspro@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 83134344
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Ligertwood, floor 3
  • Org Unit: Adelaide Law School
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