Professor Bryan Horrigan

Louis Waller Chair of Law and Associate Dean (Research) (1/3/2009-31/12/2011)
DPhil, LLB(Hons), BA(Hons),

Professional Profile

Professor Bryan Horrigan is currently the Louis Waller Chair of Law and Associate Dean (Research) at Monash University’s Faculty of Law in Melbourne, Australia.  He is also a long-standing law firm consultant in business and governmental areas of law and practice.

Professor Horrigan completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Queensland and holds a doctorate in law from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He has held academic and research leadership positions previously at a number of Australian universities, including Director of the National Centre for Corporate Law and Policy Research, Deputy Director of the National Institute for Governance, and Foundation Co-Director of the Centre for Comparative Law, History, and Governance.

His most recent book in the area of corporate responsibility and governance, Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st Century: Debates, Models, and Practices Across Government, Law, and Business, is to published internationally by UK-based Edward Elgar Publishing in the latter part of 2009.  The book was commenced during his time as a Visiting Scholar at the Wharton Business School. 

Bryan is an experienced presenter and consultant in work for leading universities, law firms, businesses, and governmental bodies.  He was recenlty appointed by the Commonwealth Government to an expert panel asked to investigate and report on possible reforms to statutory unconscionable conduct and identified behaviours in the franchising industry. 

Professor Horrigan will soon present a public seminar on the Government's reponse to the report, which was published in March 2010.  For details of this presentation go to:
http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/index.cfm?objectid=4B1D1CB1-B0D0-AB80-E28E8C05438EC230&DiaryID=4711

Media coverage on the report is available at:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/emerson-treads-cautiously-on-small-business-reform/story-e6frg8zx-1225836713995

A number of Professor Horrigan's research papers are available to download at:
http://ssrn.com/author=603202

Areas of Expertise

Corporate, commercial and business law
Corporate governance and responsibility
Government liability, immunity and business activity
International and comaprative law
Business and human rights
Legal theory, reasoning and adjudication

Teaching Commitments

Comparative corporate governance (Sem1/T2) (2011) (LAW7344)
Corporate social responsibility (Sem2/T3) (2011) (LAW4643)