Rate My Professor Alan Davidson

Dr Alan Davidson is a Senior Lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law. A solicitor and barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia, he practiced law for more than a decade before entering full-time academia. His career includes roles as Assistant Professor at Bond University, Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology where he served as acting Head of School, and Associate Dean at James Cook University, before joining the University of Queensland in 1997. Davidson holds a Doctor of Philosophy in international banking law focusing on Letters of Credit Transactions, a Masters (Research) of Law, and a Postgraduate Diploma from the University of Queensland, along with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wollongong.

Davidson teaches International Trade Law, International Trade Finance Law, Banking Law, and Electronic Commerce Law. His research interests include International Trade Finance Law, Electronic Commerce Law, Law and Technology, Privacy, and Artificial Intelligence and the Law. He is a Fellow of the Institute of International Banking Law and Practice, a member of its Asia Advisory Council and Council of International Standby Practices since 2010, and has participated in UNCITRAL Working Group IV since 2011, joining its Panel of Experts in 2014. As Director and Education Director of UNCCA, he has arranged for 64 students to attend Working Group sessions. Key publications include Social Media and Electronic Commerce Law (Cambridge University Press, 2015, 2nd ed.), The Law of Electronic Commerce (2009), The Internet for Lawyers (1997), and The Internet for Accountants (1998), as well as multiple chapters on electronic commerce in Australian Commercial Law, articles such as 'Implementing electronic trade laws in Tuvalu' (Documentary Credit World, 2023), and over 100 articles in Proctor. He regularly speaks at international conferences and has served as a visiting academic in the USA, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and China. In 2006, he became the first Australian Fellow of the Institute of International Banking Law and Practice.