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A/PROF JOHN HOWE



Contact Details

Organization: Law
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email:
Homepage: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/staff/John%20Howe
Work: +61 3 834 41094
Fax: +61 3 9347 2392
Room: 0756
Level: 07
Building: Law Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Labour Law and Policy Labour Law, Job Creation, Labour Market Regulation Australia, United States of America

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States New York University Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 28-Aug-2004
Master of Laws Temple University 22-May-1997
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws Monash University 15-Dec-1989

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
'Nothing Can Be Created Out of Nothing': Workers, Their Know-How and the Employment Relationships that Support Them Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009
LABOUR LAW IN AN ERA OF 'SELF-REGULATION' - MELBOURNE EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER GRANT SCHEME 2006 Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
CURRENT INITIATIVES TO ENCOURAGE FAIR AND COOPERATIVE WORKPLACE PRACTICES Chief Investigator VIC WORKPLACE RIGHTS ADVOCATE,
MONASH UNIVERSITY		 01/05/2008

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 2009

Book Chapters

  • Union security after Work Choices
    Year: 2009
    Book: Fair Work: The New Workplace Laws and the Work Choices Legacy
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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Publications in 2008

Books

  • Regulating for job creation
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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Book Chapters

Reports

  • Current initiatives to encourage fair and cooperative work practices: An international survey
    Year: 2008
    Customer: Victorian Workplace Rights Advocate
    Publisher: Centre for Employment and Labour Relations, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Do investment atrraction incentives create decent jobs? A study of labour conditions in industry assistance contracts
    Year: 2008
    Report No:: 44
    Publisher: Centre for Employment and Labour Relations, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • 'Light Touch' Labour regulation by state governments in Australia


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Melbourne University Law Review
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 367-399
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  • Enhancing corporate accountability through contextual ethical exercises in corporate law teaching
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Corporate Law Studies
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 337-355
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Reports

  • Labour and labour-related law in micro and small enterprises: Innovative regulatory approaches
    Year: 2007
    Customer: International Labour Office Small Enterprise Programme (SEED)
    Report No:: 81
    Publisher: International Labour Office(Geneva)
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  • Using public procurement to promote labour standards: A case study of the Victorian Government Schools contract cleaning program
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Centre for Employment and Labour Relations, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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Book Chapters

  • "Deregulation" of Labour Relations in Australia: Towards a More "Centred" Command and Control Model
    Year: 2006
    Book: Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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  • "Money and Favours": Government Deployment of Public Wealth as an Instrument of Labour Regulation
    Year: 2006
    Book: Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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  • Constituting and Regulating the Labour Market for Social and Economic Purposes
    Year: 2006
    Book: Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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Journal Articles

Reports

  • 'Light Touch' Labour Regulation by State Governments in Australia: A Preliminary Assessment
    Year: 2006
    Report No:: 40
    Publisher: Centre for Employment and Labour Relations, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Book review: The new province for law and order: 100 years of Australian conciliation and arbitration
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Monash University Law Review
    Volume: 31
    Page numbers: 411-415
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  • Keeping up with labour law
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Labour Law
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 357-360
    Publisher: Butterworths
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  • Review of Regulating Law edited by C Parker, C Scott, N Lacey and J Braithwaite
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Alternative Law Journal
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 302
    Publisher: Legal Service Bulletin Co
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  • The Coalition's proposed industrial relations changes: An interim assessment
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Bulletin of Labour
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 189-209
    Publisher: National Institute of Labour Studies
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Reports

  • Regulating micro and small enterprises: A decent work agenda
    Year: 2005
    Customer: International Labour Organisation
    Publisher: Global Issues Paper(Geneva)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Book review: Social security and family assistance law
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Alternative Law Journal
    Volume: 27
    Page numbers: 148
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  • Fried chicken, unfair dismissal and job creation: One of these things is not like the other
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Journal of Labour Law
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 170-176
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • The Job Creation Function of the State: A New Subject for Labour Law
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Journal of Labour Law
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 242-268
    Publisher: Butterworths
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