Rate My Professor Duncan Wallace

Wallace's research examines social groups, focusing on their ontological nature, recognition in law, and roles in the economy and society. His scholarly interests encompass corporations law, trusts law, tort law, criminal law, comparative law, corporate theory, legal history, social ontology, jurisprudence, sociology, evolutionary psychology, and political philosophy, with a particular emphasis on co-operatives law and policy. He teaches Trusts Law and Corporations Law in both the LLB and JD degrees. Notable publications include "The Reality of Shareholder Ownership: For-Profit Corporations as Slaves" in the University of New South Wales Law Journal (2024), a book review titled "The Limits and Logic of Agency Theory in Company Law, by Jonathan Hardman" in the Journal of Corporate Law Studies (2025), and "Australian Platform Cooperative Case Study: The Open Food Network" forthcoming in 2026. Wallace serves as a peer reviewer for The Sydney Law Review and is a member of the International Co-operatives Alliance’s Young & Emerging Scholars Network on Cooperative Studies. He has presented his work at international workshops, such as the "Genealogies of Corporate Morality" at St Andrews Business School, and engaged in public discourse through pieces like "Is a Corporation a Slave? Many Philosophers Think So" (2025). As an established consultant on co-operatives law and policy, he has authored sector-leading reports and submissions.