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PROF IAN RAMSAY



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Organization: Law
Position: CHAIR OF COMMERCIAL LAW & ASSOC DEAN (GRADUATE
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Homepage: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/staff/Ian%20Ramsay
Work: +61 3 834 45332
Mobile: 0408 015 027
Fax: +61 3 8344 5285
Room: 0733
Level: 07
Building: Law Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
corporate law, corporate governance, securities regulation Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts Macquarie University
Bachelor of Laws Macquarie University
Master of Laws Harvard University

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Barrister & Solicitor High Court of Australia Barrister & Solicitor 10-Aug-2004
Barrister & Solicitor Supreme Court of New South Wales Barrister & Solicitor 10-Aug-2004
Member New York Bar Member 10-Aug-2004

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
Partnerships at work: the interaction between employment systems, corporate governance & ownership structure Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2003
Employee Share Ownership Plans: Current Practice and Regulatory Reform Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2006

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 2009

Reports

  • Broad-Based Employee Share Ownership in Australian Listed Companies: Survey Report
    Year: 2009
    Publisher: Melbourne Law School(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2008

Books

  • Commercial applications of company law
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: CCH Australia(North Ryde)
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  • Commercial applications of company law in Malaysia
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: CCH Asia Pte Limited
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  • Commercial applications of company law in Singapore
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: CCH Asia Pte Limited
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  • Varieties of capitalism, corporate governance and employees
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Melbourne University Press(Carlton)
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Book Chapters

  • Corporate governance, shareholder primacy and the interests of employees: Evidence from a survey of Australian directors
    Year: 2008
    Book: Varieties of Capitalism, Corporate Governance and Employees
    Publisher: Melbourne University Press(Carlton)
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  • Do Australian institutional investors aim to influence the human resource practices of investee companies?
    Year: 2008
    Book: Varieties of Capitalism, Corporate Governance and Employees
    Publisher: Melbourne University Press(Carlton)
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  • Varieties of capitalism, corporate governance and employment systems in Australia
    Year: 2008
    Book: Varieties of Capitalism, Corporate Governance and Employees
    Publisher: Melbourne University Press(Carlton)
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Journal Articles

  • Corporate regulators in Australia (1961-2000): From companies' registrars to ASIC
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Corporate Law
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 212-254
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  • Shareholder primacy and directors' duties: an Australian perspective
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Corporate Law Studies
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 161-190
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  • Which courts deliver most corporate law judgments? A research note
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Company and Securities Law Journal
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 392-401
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  • Why do employees participate in employee share plans? A conceptual framework
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Labour & Industry
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 45-72
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Reports

  • Why do employees participate in employee share plans? A conceptual framework
    Year: 2008
    Report No:: February 2008
    Publisher: Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, Faculty of Law(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2007

Books

  • Commercial applications of company law
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: CCH Australia(North Ryde)
    Authors(s):
  • Ford's Principles of Corporations Law
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths(Sydney)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • Corporate law reform and delisting in Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Virginia Law & Business Review
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 265-306
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  • Employee share ownership in Australia: Theory, evidence, current practice and regulation
    Year: 2007
    Journal: UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 25-132
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  • Employee share ownership plans: Evaluating the role of tax and other factors using two case studies
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Business Law Review
    Volume: 35
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 73-92
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  • Union Shareholder Activism in the Context of Declining Labour Law Protection: four Australian case studies
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Corporate Governance
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 45-56
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Reports

  • An overview of existing data on employee share ownership in Australia
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: March 2007
    Publisher: Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, Faculty of Law(Melbourne)
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  • Company directors' views regarding stakeholders
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, Faculty of Law(Melbourne)
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  • Do Australian institutional investors aim to influence the human resource practices of investee companies?
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, Faculty of Law(Melbourne)
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  • Employee share ownership plans in Australia: The corporate law framework
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: March 2007
    Publisher: Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, Faculty of Law(Melbourne)
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  • Employee share ownership: A review of the literature
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: March 2007
    Publisher: Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, Faculty of Law(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • Commercial Applications of Company Law
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: CCH Australia(North Ryde)
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  • Commercial applications of company law in Singapore
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: CCH Asia Pacific
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Journal Articles

  • Employee Share Ownership Schemes in Australia: A Survey of Key Issues and Themes
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal of Employment Studies
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 1-34
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  • From the Picketline to the Boardroom: Union Shareholder Activism in Australia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Company and Securities Law Journal
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 279-314
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  • Litigation by Shareholders and Directors: An Empirical Study of the Statutory Derivative Action
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Corporate Law Studies
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 397-446
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  • The Takeovers Panel - An Empirical Study
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Macquarie Journal of Business Law
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 199-240
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  • Union Shareholder Activism
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Corporate News
    Volume: 13
    Page numbers: 1-5
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Reports

  • Corporate Law Reform and Delisting in Australia
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, Faculty of Law(Melbourne)
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  • Employee Share Ownership Schemes: Two Case Studies
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, Faculty of Law(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2005

Books

  • Commercial applications of company law
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: CCH Australia(Sydney)
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  • Commercial applications of company law in New Zealand
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: CCH New Zealand(Auckland)
    Authors(s):
  • Commercial applications of company law in Singapore
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: CCH Asia Pacific
    Authors(s):
  • Company directors: Principles of law and corporate governance
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: LexisNexis(Chatswood)
    Authors(s):
  • Ford's principles of corporations law
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths(Sydney)
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Journal Articles

  • Comparing share buybacks in highly regulated and less regulated market environments
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Corporate Law
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 261-280
    Publisher: Butterworths
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  • Compliance committees under the Managed Investments Act 1998 (Cth)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Business Law Review
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 167-189
    Publisher: L B C Information Services
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  • Corporate duties below board level - The CAMAC discussion paper
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Corporate News
    Volume: 13
    Page numbers: 149-154
    Publisher: CCH Australia(North Ryde)
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  • Directors' duties and stakeholder interests
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Company Director
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 21-22
    Publisher: Australian Institute of Company Directors(Sydney)
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  • Shareholder value and employee interests: Intersections between corporate governance, corporate law and labour law
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Wisconsin International Law Journal
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 417-476
    Publisher: Law School, University of Wisconsin(Madison)
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  • Steve Vizard, Insider trading and directors' duties
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Corporate News
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 177-183
    Publisher: CCH Australia(North Ryde)
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  • Strategic regulation and ASIC enforcement patterns: Results of an empirical study
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Corporate Law Studies
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1473-5970
    Publisher: Hart Publishing(Oxford)
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Reports

  • Employee share ownership schemes in Australia: A survey of key issues and themes
    Year: 2005
    Report No:: May 2005
    Publisher: Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, Faculty of Law(Melbourne)
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  • Reform of the broadcasting authority's enforcement powers
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Australian Broadcasting Authority
    Publisher: Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, Faculty of Law(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2004

Books

  • Commercial applications of company law
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: CCH Australia(Sydney)
    Authors(s):
  • Commercial applications of company law in Singapore
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: CCH Asia Pacific
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Journal Articles

  • Insolvent trading - An empirical study
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Insolvency Law Journal
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 210-237
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  • Insolvent trading: Odds stacked against the directors
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Insolvency Law Bulletin
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 144-145
    Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths(Sydney)
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  • Rebuilding confidence in financial reporting: An international perspective
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Corporate Governance International
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 39-47
    Publisher: Hong Kong Institute of Company Secretaries
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  • Use of prospectuses by investors and professional advisers
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Company and Securities Law Journal
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 151-156
    Publisher: LBC Information Services
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Publications in 2003

Books

  • Experts' reports in corporate transactions
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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  • Ford's principles of corporations law
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths(Sydney)
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Reports

  • ASIC enforcement patterns
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, Faculty of Law(Melbourne)
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  • Managed investements: An industry report
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, Faculty of Law(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • Rebuilding confidence in financial reporting
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: International Federation of Accountants(New York)
    Authors:
  • Use of prospectuses by investors and professional advisers
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, Faculty of Law(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2002

Books

  • Commercial Applications of Company Law in Malaysia.
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: CCH Asia Pacific
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  • Commercial Applications of Company Law in New Zealand.
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: CCH New Zealand(Auckland)
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  • Commercial Applications of Company Law.
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: CCH Australia(Sydney)
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  • Commercial Applications of Company Law.
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: CCH Australia(Sydney)
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  • Key Developments in Corporate Law and Trusts Law: Essays in Honour of Professor Harold Ford.
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Butterworths(Sydney)
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Book Chapters

  • Corporate Governance in Australia: The Evolving Legal Framework and Empirical Evidence.
    Year: 2002
    Book: Corporate Governance: An Asia-Pacific Critique.
    Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell(London)
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  • Financial Services Reform in Australia.
    Year: 2002
    Book: Current Developments in Financial Regulation and Capital Markets.
    Publisher: LexisNexis Singapore
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  • Institutional Investors, Corporate Governance and the New International Financial Architecture.
    Year: 2002
    Book: Key Developments in Corporate Law and Trusts Law: Essays in Honour of Professor Harold Ford.
    Publisher: Butterworths(Sydney)
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  • Introduction to Essays in Honour of Professor Harold Ford.
    Year: 2002
    Book: Key Developments in Corporate Law and Trusts Law: Essays in Honour of Professor Harold Ford.
    Publisher: Butterworths(Sydney)
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Journal Articles

  • Corporate Governance: The Role of Superannuation Trustees.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: ICFAI Journal of Corporate Governance
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 57-89
    Publisher: E N Murthy(Hyderabad)
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  • The Expansion of Civil Penalties Under the Corporations Act.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Business Law Review
    Volume: 30
    Page numbers: 61-67
    Publisher: L B C Information Services
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Major Reference Works

  • :Disclosure of Fees and Charges in Managed Investments: Review of Current Australian Requirements and Options for Reform.
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Australian Securities and Investments Commission(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2001

Books

  • Commercial Applications of Company Law
    Year: 2001
    Publisher: CCH Australia(Sydney)
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  • Ford's Principles of Corporations Law.
    Year: 2001
    Publisher: Butterworths(Sydney)
    Authors(s):

Book Chapters

  • Directors' Conflicts: An Empirical Study.
    Year: 2001
    Book: Developments in European Company Law: Directors' Conflicts of Interest: Legal, Socio-Legal and Economic Analysis.
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(The Hague)
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Journal Articles

  • Corporate groups in Australia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Business Law Review
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 7-32
    Publisher: L B C Information Services
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  • Financial Services Reform in Australia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Singapore Journal of International and Comparative Law
    Volume: 5
    Page numbers: 485-515
    Publisher: National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
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  • Piercing the Corporate Veil in Australia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Company and Securities Law Journal
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 250-271
    Publisher: LBC Information Services
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  • Political Donations by Australian Companies
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Federal Law Review
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 177-218
    Publisher: Australian National University, Faculty of Law
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Reports

  • Independence of Australian Company Auditors: Review of Current Australian Requirements and Proposals for REform: A Report to the Minister for Financial Services and Regulations.
    Year: 2001
    Customer: The Minister for Financial Services and Regulations.
    Publisher: Department of the Treasury(Canberra)
    Authors:
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