2009 Annual Report - Faculty of Law - Monash University

3. Research
3.4 Faculty Research Seminars
Date Presenter Topic
3 March Professor Harry Glasbeek, Emeritus Professor,
Osgoode Hall Law School
Corporate Conduct: Responsible Authors Wanted
17 March Professor Jeff Giddings, Griffith University Why Can’t I Just Get On With Running My Business?
Understanding and Addressing Conflict in Business Franchise Systems
26 March Professors Justin Malbon and Bryan Horrigan Research NIPS (New Idea Progress Seminar) –
Faculty submission to national human rights consultation process
31 March Dr Alan Rothschild Physician-assisted-dying, is it really a slippery slope?
7 April Dr Steven Tudor, La Trobe University Should an Absence of Remorse be an Aggravating Factor in Sentencing?
15 April Mr Ross Hyams Work Integrated Learning: Opportunities for Law
21 April Professor Steven Channenson (Fulbright Scholar),
Villanova University School of Law, Pennsylvania, USA
28 April Professor Marilyn Pittard, Dr Moira Paterson,
Dr Gideon Boas, Dr Patrick Emerton
6 Faculty of Law
Revolution or Evolution?: Recent Developments in American Federal Criminal
Sentencing
Research BITES (Brief Insights To Expand Scholarship):
– Three into one does go! (Marilyn Pittard and Moira Paterson)
– Australia’s Post World War II War Crimes Trials (Gideon Boas)
– “Terrorist organisation” offences and the rule of law in Australia (Patrick Emerton)
5 May Dr Niels Ejersbo, University of Southern Denmark Regulating for private involvement in public service delivery – a policy approach
12 May Professor Dana Muir, University of Michigan The Effect of the Financial Crisis on U.S. Pensions –
A Perspective on Financial Services Regulatory Reform
19 May Dr David Cousins, Professorial Fellow,
Centre for Regulatory Studies
Regulatory reform through institutional change
27 May Mr Lloyd England and Assoc Prof Moira Paterson presenting
work by Professor Sally Kift, ALTC Senior Fellow
A transition pedagogy for first year curriculum design and renewal
14 July Professor Ruth Kannai, Bar Ilan University, Israel The Proposed Israeli Bill on Sentencing
21 July Chaired by Professor Justin Malbon Research NIPS (New Idea Progress Seminar)
28 July Professor Robert Vaughn, American University, Washington
College of Law
Whistleblower Protection as Part of Human Rights, Open Government,
Transparency and Employment Law
11 August Professor Allan Borowski, La Trobe University The Evaluation of the Children’s Koori Court of Victoria
18 August Ms Alice Nah (Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Research
Fellow), PhD candidate, Sociology Department,
National University of Singapore
Legitimizing Violence: Public ‘Crackdowns’ and their Impact on Migrants,
Refugees and Stateless Persons within and beyond the Borders of Malaysia
25 August Hon. Peggy Fulton Hora Why do Problem-Solving Courts Work?
1 September Dr Colin Campbell The Teaching / Research Nexus
15 September Professor Jianqiang Nie, Wuhan University School of Law,
China
22 September Associate Professor Greg Taylor, Associate Professor Pam
O’Connor, Dr Stephen Gray
20 October Professor Stephen King, Dean,
Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
The enforcement of intellectual property rights in China –
a conceptual perspective
Research BITES (Brief Insights To Expand Scholarship):
– Jury Trial in Austria (Greg Taylor)
– Is Victoria a laggard in property law reform? (Pam O’connor)
– Aboriginal people and assimilation: can ‘genocide’ and ‘good intentions’
co-exist? (Stephen Gray)
Corporate Regulation
22 October Professor Ann Monotti Academic employees and their University employers: who owns the inventions
they create?
26 October Professor Stephen Barkoczy Everything you wanted to know about superannuation but were too scared to ask