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A/PROF SEAN COONEY



Contact Details

Organization: Law
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email:
Homepage: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/staff/Sean%20Cooney
Work: +61 3 8344 8109
Mobile: 0419 937 365
Fax: +61 3 8349 4623
Room: 0703
Level: 07
Building: Law Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Comparative Law, Employment Law, Labour Law, Chinese Law, Regulation China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province), Taiwan, Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Taiwan National Taiwan University Exchange, Research

Languages

Languages

Language Proficiency
Mandarin Speak, Read & Write
French Speak, Read & Write

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of the Science of Law Columbia University 19-Oct-2005
Master of Laws Columbia University 31-Dec-1999
Master of Laws University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1992

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Labour Law Association member 10-Aug-2004
Member Chinese Studies Association of Australia member 10-Aug-2004
Barrister & Solicitor High Court of Australia Barrister & Solicitor 10-Aug-2004
Barrister & Solicitor Supreme Court of Victoria Barrister & Solicitor 10-Aug-2004

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Australia-China Council Alice Tay Memorial Award in the Field of Human Rights 01-Jun-2008

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Enforcement of Chinese Employment Law: Regulatory Innovation and Wage Arrears Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Addressing extreme working hours in China: The contributions of regulation theory
    Year: 2008
    Book: Examining Practice, Interrogating Theory: Comparative Legal Studies in Asia
    Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers(Leiden)
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  • New deveopments of labour law and industrial relations in China
    Year: 2008
    Book: Labour Relations in the World
    Publisher: Grijley
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • China's labour law, Compliance and flaws in implementing institutions
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Industrial Relations
    Volume: 49
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 673-686
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  • China's new labour contract law: Responding to the growing complexity of labour relations in the PRC
    Year: 2007
    Journal: University of New South Wales Law Journal
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 786-801
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  • Making Chinese Labor Law Work: The Prospects for Regulatory Innovation in the People's Republic of China
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Fordham International Law Journal
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1050-1097
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Exclusionary Self-Regulation: A Critical Evaluation of the AMMA's Proposal in the Mining Industry
    Year: 2006
    Book: Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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  • Labour Market Regulation in Comparative Perspective
    Year: 2006
    Book: Labour Market Regulation and Deregulation in Asia
    Publisher: Academic Foundation(New Delhi)
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Journal Articles

  • Command and Control in the Workplace: Agreement-making under Work Choices
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Economic and Labour Relations Review
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 147-164
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  • Time and Money Under Work Choices: Understanding the New Workplace Relations Act as a Scheme of Regulation
    Year: 2006
    Journal: University of New South Wales Law Journal
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 215-241
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • The effects of rule of law principles in Taiwan
    Year: 2004
    Book: Asian discourses of rule of law
    Publisher: Routledge(London)
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Journal Articles

  • A broader role for the Commonwealth in eradicating foreign sweatshops?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Melbourne University Law Review
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 290-342
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  • Towards more effective implementation of labour standards in China
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International Law Review of Wuhan University
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 64-93
    Publisher: Wuhan University Press(Wuhan)
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Publications in 2002

Books

  • Law and Labour Market Regulation in East Asia.
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Routledge(New York)
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Book Chapters

  • Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation in East Asian States: Problems and Issues For Comparative Inquiry.
    Year: 2002
    Book: Law and Labour Market Regulation in East Asia.
    Publisher: Routledge(New York)
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  • Taiwan's Labour Law: The End of State Corporatism?
    Year: 2002
    Book: Law and Labour Market Regulation in East Asia.
    Publisher: Routledge(New York)
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  • What is Labour Law Doing in East Asia?
    Year: 2002
    Book: Law and Labour Market Regulation in East Asia.
    Publisher: Routledge(New York)
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