Professor Horst Lucke (1929–2024)

Horst Lücke was an outstanding legal scholar who brought to Australia a deep knowledge of comparative law from his native Germany (via a Fulbright Scholarship in the United States of America). He specialised in private law, particularly the law of contract, statutory interpretation and legal history. He was an outstanding Head of School at the University of Adelaide and finished his career as an Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland. He was a delightful and stimulating colleague who contributed to research seminars right up until his death, aged 95, on 26 September 2024. His long life bore witness to profound changes in society, his personal life and academia.