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DR JOO-CHEONG THAM



Contact Details

Organization: Law
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
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Homepage: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/staff/Joo-Cheong%20Tham
Work: +61 3 834 47030
Room: 0710
Level: 07
Building: Law Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Regulation of non-standard work Australia
Counter-terrorism laws Australia
Political finance law Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Master of Laws University of Melbourne 02-Jul-2004
Bachelor of Laws University of Melbourne 04-Dec-1998
Doctorate of Laws University of Melbourne 01-Dec-2006

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

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

Journal Articles

  • Book review: Reproducing precarious work
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Labour Law
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 233-235
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  • Progressive unease with bills of rights
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Right Now
    Volume: 2008
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 7-8
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  • The continuing futility of the Human Rights Act
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Public Law
    Volume: Winter 2008
    Page numbers: 668-693
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Publications in 2007

Books

  • Work Choices Case: Analysis and Implications
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Thomson Lawbook Co(North Ryde)
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Book Chapters

  • Australian terror laws and academic freedom
    Year: 2007
    Book: Free Speech in Fearful Times: After 9/11 in Canada, the U.S., Australia & Europe
    Publisher: James Lorimer & Company Limited(Toronto)
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Journal Articles

  • A risk-based analysis of Australia's counterterrorism financing regime
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict and World Order
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 138-152
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  • Limitations of a charter of rights in the age of counter-terrorism
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Melbourne University Law Review
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 462-498
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  • Towards an understanding of standard employment relationships under Australian labour law
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Labour Law
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 123-159
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Major Reference Works

  • Work Choices: The High Court Challenge:Work Choices: The High Court Challenge
    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: Work Choices: The High Court Challenge
    Publisher: Thomson Lawbook Co(North Ryde)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Deconstructing the logic of responding to one threat with another: the perils of countering terrorism by eroding human rights
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Human Rights 2006: The Year in Review
    Conference Publication: Human Rights 2006: The Year in Review
    Page numbers: 115-153
    Publisher: The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • Political Finance in Australia: A Skewed and Secret System
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University(Canberra)
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Book Chapters

  • Job Security Laws: Constituting "Standard" and "Non-Standard" Employment
    Year: 2006
    Book: Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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  • The perils of countering terrorism by eroding human rights
    Year: 2006
    Book: Asia-Pacific Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law
    Publisher: Institute of International Legal Studies, University of the Philippines Law Center(Diliman)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Secret state, transparent subject: The Australian security intelligence organisation in the age of terror
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 400-415
    Publisher: Australian Academic Press(Sydney)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Casualties on the domestic 'War on Terror': A review of recent counter-terrorism laws
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Melbourne University Law Review
    Volume: 28
    Page numbers: 512-531
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  • Possible constitutional objections to the powers to ban 'terrorist' organisations'
    Year: 2004
    Journal: University of New South Wales Law Journal
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 482 - 523
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  • Public funding and expenditure regulation of Australian political parties: some reflections
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Federal Law Review
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 397-424
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Campaign finance reform in Australia: Some reasons for reform
    Year: 2003
    Book: Realising Democracy
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • ASIO and the rule of law
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Alternative Law Journal
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 216 - 219
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  • Deregulation of Australian labour law: Some recent trends and tensions
    Year: 2002
    Journal: The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies
    Volume: 44
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 60 - 78
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  • Industrial action and unemployment income support
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Journal of Labour Law
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 40-67
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Legal regulation of political donations in Australia: Time for change
    Year: 2001
    Book: Labor Essays 2002: The Big Makeover
    Publisher: Pluto Press(Annandale)
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Journal Articles

  • The legal regulation of information in Australian labour markets: information that is required to be disclosed by employers to employees and trade unions
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 437-492
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