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By day, Katy is a Professor at Melbourne Law School with extensive academic publications in private law. She has been a visiting scholar at Brasenose College, Oxford. Previously, she worked in the courts as a researcher and an associate to judges, and as a solicitor. She practices her storytelling by describing legal cases to students (her PhD thesis featured a gaol break by a notorious double-agent, Elvis Presley’s gold-plated piano and Jimi Hendrix). She has degrees in Law and Arts (Honours in Law, majors in English Literature, History and Medieval Studies in Arts).

By night, Katy writes about dystopian worlds, an interest she has pursued since her mid-teens. She also loves drawing, etching, calligraphy and other creative, crafty activitie ...more

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	Guilty Pigs: The Weird and Wonderful History of Animal Law by Katy Barnett (Goodreads Author), Jeremy Gans 3.97 avg rating — 30 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Remedies in Australian Private Law liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Private Law Remedies (Principles of Private Law series) by Katy Barnett (Goodreads Author), Sirko Harder it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Accounting for Profit for Breach of Contract 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remedies Cases and Materials in Australian Private Law by Katy Barnett (Goodreads Author), Kenneth Yin, Martin Allcock 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Black Tie and Tails (Black Wolves of Boston Book 2)

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