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A/PROF PIP NICHOLSON



Contact Details

Organization: Law
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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Homepage: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/staff/Pip%20Nicholson
Work: +61 3 834 46208
Room: 0712
Level: 07
Building: Law Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Asian Law, Comparative Law/Legal Studies, Vietnamese Law, Law and Development, Law and Legal Change Dispute Resolution, Courts Viet Nam

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Canada The University of Victoria Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne 24-Dec-1988
Bachelor of Laws University of Melbourne 24-Dec-1988
Master of Public Policy The Australian National University 30-Jun-1994
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Viet Nam Studies Association of Australia Member 30-Nov-2001

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
"NEW COURTS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION" WORKSHOP Chief Investigator AUST NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Institutional Linkage (INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN ASIA) 01/01/2007
Testing Court Reform Projects in Cambodia and Vietnam Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2008

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

Books

  • Examining practice, interrogating theory: Comparative legal studies in Asia
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers(Leiden)
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Book Chapters

  • Expanding the circle: Comparative legal studies in transition
    Year: 2008
    Book: Examining Practice, Interrogating Theory: Comparative Legal Studies in Asia
    Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers(Leiden)
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  • Legal culture 'repacked': Drug trials in Vietnam
    Year: 2008
    Book: Examining Practice, Interrogating Theory: Comparative Legal Studies in Asia
    Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers(Leiden)
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Journal Articles

  • Commencing law students' interests and expectations: Comparing undergraduate and graduate cohorts
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of the Australasian Law Teachers Association
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1 & 2
    Page numbers: 227-238
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  • Drugs prosecutions in Vietnam: The modern propaganda trial
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Monash University Law Review
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 430-456
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  • Performance in Law School: What matters in the beginning?
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Legal Education Review
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 1 & 2
    Page numbers: 95-122
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Reports

  • Study of the methods, procedures and criteria for the dissemination of court judgments - Supreme People's Court of Vietnam
    Year: 2008
    Customer: DANIDA
    Report No:: November
    Publisher: Melbourne Law School(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2007

Books

  • Borrowing Court Systems: The Experience of Socialist Vietnam
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers(Leiden)
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Book Chapters

  • Comparative law and legal transplants between socialist states: An historical perspective
    Year: 2007
    Book: Law Reform in Developing and Transitional States
    Publisher: Routledge
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  • Vietnamese Courts: Contemporary Interactions Between Party-State and Law
    Year: 2007
    Book: Vietnam's New Order: International Perspectives on the State and Reform in Vietnam
    Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • Vietnamese Law: A Guide to Sources and Commentary
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Law
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 219-257
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Publications in 2006

Reports

  • Report on survey of needs of district peoples's courts nationwide (Edited english version)
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: UNDP(Hanoi)
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Publications in 2005

Books

  • Asian socialism & legal change: The dynamics of Vietnamese and Chinese reform
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: Asia Pacific Press(Canberra)
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Book Chapters

  • The diversity and dynamism of legal change in socialist China and vietnam
    Year: 2005
    Book: Asian socialism & legal change: The dynamics of Vietnamese and Chinese reform
    Publisher: Asia Pacific Press(Canberra)
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  • Vietnamese jurisprudence: Informing court reform
    Year: 2005
    Book: Asian socialism & legal change: The dynamics of Vietnamese and Chinese reform
    Publisher: Asia Pacific Press(Canberra)
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Journal Articles

  • Book review: Comparative legal studies: Traditions and transitions
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Asian Law
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 203-206
    Publisher: The Federation Press(Sydney)
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  • The Vietnamese judiciary: The politics of appointment and promotion
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-34
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Publications in 2004

Reports

  • Business Sector Programme Support (BSPS): Feasibility study for sub-component 1.2 (Commercial Conflict Resolution and Arbitration)
    Year: 2004
    Customer: Danish International Development Agency
    Publisher: Melbourne Law School(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Vietnamese Law: A Bibliography
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Legal Reference Services Quarterly
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 2/3
    Page numbers: 139-200
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • The Vietnamese Courts and Corruption.
    Year: 2002
    Book: Corruption in Asia: Rethinking the Good Governance Paradigm.
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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  • Vietnam's Labour Market: Transition and the Role of Law.
    Year: 2002
    Book: Law and Labour Market Regulation in East Asia.
    Publisher: Routledge(New York)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Book Review: The High Court at the Cross Roads
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Judicial Administration
    Publisher: Lawbook Co(Sydney)
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  • Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law: The Vietnam Court Experience.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Journal of Asian Law
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 37-58
    Publisher: The Federation Press(Sydney)
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