Eniola Akindemowo
Professor of Law
Ph.D., University of London (Queen Mary);
LL.M., University of London (University College);
LL.B., University of Ife, cum laude;
Grad. Cert. (Higher Education), Monash University
Telephone: 619.374.6942
Email: eakindemowo@tjsl.edu
Following the successful defense of her Ph.D. thesis titled Electronic Fund Transfers, Consumers, Electronic Funds and the Law, a comparative study of U.S. and British law, Professor Akindemowo joined the faculty of the Law School at the University of Western Sydney. She subsequently joined the Law Faculty at Monash University, Melbourne, and she has taught subjects including contracts, payment systems, IT law, comparative computer law and electronic financial transactions law. She also has taught at the University of East London, and at Middlesex University in the UK. Professor Akindemowo is the author of several articles that have been published in both student-edited, and peer-reviewed journals. She is the author of the first substantive book on IT law published in Australia, and co-author of another on E-Commerce and the Law. Professor Akindemowo was an associate director of the Center for Law in the Digital Economy (CLiDE) of Monash University immediately before joining the faculty at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law. She has been the recipient of several competitive research and travel grants. Her scholarly interests include comparative commercial law, e-money, m-payments and payment systems, anti-terrorism financing regulation, and contractual, consumer and intellectual property issues arising from e-commerce. Professor Akindemowo is a member of several international associations including the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP), a UNESCO affiliated body; the International Bar Association (IBA); and the International Technology Law Association. An invited keynote or featured speaker at many conferences, she also has been a visiting scholar of the University of New South Wales Faculty of Law, and a distinguished visitor at the University of Newcastle (NSW, Australia). Before undertaking her LL.M. and Ph.D. research, Professor practiced commercial law in the law firms of J.B Majiyagbe (SAN) & Co, and Abayomi Sogbesan (SAN) & Co.
Scholarship
Books
Information Technology in Australia, LBC Information Services Ltd. (Thomas Publishing), Sydney, (1999)
Articles, Book Chapters and Other Article-Length Works
The Pervasive Influence of Anti-Terrorist Financing Policy: Post 9/11 Non-bank Electronic Money Issuance, 8 Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 289-297 (2004)
Electronic Payment Systems and Cyberbanking (with Wardrop, A) in Forder, Quirk, Akindemowo et al, Electronic Commerce and the Law, Jacaranda Wiley; Queensland (2001, 2003 (2d ed.))
Electronic Money Regulation: A Comparative Survey of Policy Influences in Australia, the European Union, and the United States of America, 11 Journal for Law and Information Sciences (Part 1) 61 (2000)
Regulatory Issues in Electronic Money: A Legal-Economic Analysis, 1 Netnomics (No. 1) 53 (1999). (co-authored with Lee and Boon-Chye)
The Role of Information Technology Law in Australian Internet Regulation, 3 Mac LR 1 (1999)
The Fading Rustle, Chink and Jingle: The Concept of Money and Electronic Value, 21 U. New S. Wales L.J. 466 (1998)
Copyright: The Unfurling of a Standard in the International Digital Frontier, Australian International Law Journal 170-199 (1997)
Book Review: Computers and Law, 6 Journal of Law and Information Science 36 (1995)
Resourcing A Law Course: The Law Teacher's Dilemma in Nigeria, 19 International Legal Practitioner 57 (1994)
Electronic Fund Transfers at Point of Sale in the USA, 7 Computer Law and Practice 24 (1990)
Subjects Include:
Contracts, e-Commerce Law, Payment Systems.