Fields of Research (FoR)

• Law not elsewhere classified ( 180199 )
  
• Legal Theory ( 480410 )
  
• Conflict Of Laws (incl. Private International Law) ( 480303 )
  
• Legal Ethics ( 500105 )
  
• Law In Context ( 480400 )
  
• Applied Ethics ( 500100 )
  
• International And Comparative Law ( 480300 )
  

Research interests

Professor Mortensen's research and publication is in the fields of lawyers' ethics and international and comparative law. In lawyers' ethics, his work centres on philosophies of virtue, and his writings have addressed their relationship with moral and legal theories of care, religious perspectives on legal practice, lawyers' character, the reform of the legal profession in Queensland and the management of client money. Professor Mortensen's work in international and comparative law concentrates on private international law. With Richard Garnett and Mary Keyes, he is the author of the standard Australian text in this field, Private International Law in Australia (2nd ed, LexisNexis, 2011), and has published research on international jurisdiction, the transnational enforcement of judgments and choice of law. A particular focus of Professor Mortensen's research is the use of private international law in trans-Tasman economic integration. Work in choice of tort law and renvoi has appeared in the Journal of Private International Law and the International and Comparative Law Quarterly.

Professor Mortensen is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Private International Law.

Professional memberships

Council of Australian Law Deans
Queensland Law Deans Network
International Association of Legal Ethics
Australasian Law Teachers Association
Queensland Law Society
Ethics Committee, Queensland Law Society
Rule Review Committee, Queensland Law Society
Downs & South West Queensland Law Association
Ipswich District Law Association
Legal Committee, Anglican Diocese of Brisbane

Industry affiliations

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law
Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences

USQ Research affiliations

• Centre for Heritage and Culture (CHC)
  

Currently teaching courses/programs

LAW8705-Cross-Border Litigation

Teaching experience(Tertiary)

30 Years

Administrative responsibilities

Head, School of Law and Justice
PhD Supervisor

Research supervisor in the area of:

• Law not elsewhere classified ( 180199 )
  
• Legal Theory ( 480410 )
  
• Conflict Of Laws (incl. Private International Law) ( 480303 )
  
• Legal Ethics ( 500105 )
  
• Law In Context ( 480400 )
  
• Applied Ethics ( 500100 )
  
• International And Comparative Law ( 480300 )