Professor Bryan Horrigan

Research Interests

Commercial Law
Comparative Law
Human Rights and Corporations
International Law
Legal Theory

Supervisor Profile

Qualified to supervise: Honours; Masters; PhD;

Current projects under supervision

Honours:

No current projects

Masters:

No current projects

Doctoral:

No current projects

Grants and Commissions

2006-2010: ARC Discovery Grant, ‘The High Court of Australia’s International Impact and Engagement – Enhancing Judicial Accountability and Australia’s Place in International Law’ (DP0666665, sole investigator) $231,000

2003-2006: ARC Linkage Grant, ‘Corporate Governance in the Public Sector: An Evaluation of its Tensions, Gaps, and Potential’ (LP0348470, co-holder with 3 others across 2 universities) $290,000 (matched by equivalent partner contributions of cash and in-kind support)

2004-2005: Consultancy for the Council of the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS), for research and input into the DEST research policy paper, 'Measures of Quality and Impact for Publicly Funded Research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, $10,000

1999-2001: ARC SPIRT Grant, ‘Government-Owned Corporations and Government Contracts: Performance, Governance, Accountability, and Ethics (C59906941, co-holder with 2 others across 3 universities)

1988: Consultancy for the Queensland Parliamentary Legal, Constitutional, and Administrative Review Committee to research and draft 'Queenslanders’ Basic Rights'

1997-1998: Scrutiny of legislation consultancy for the Queensland Parliamentary Scrutiny of Legislation Committee

1996-1997: Consultancy for the Queensland Treasury on state-based design and implementation of policies and procedures for the impact of national competition policy on restrictive trade practices

1996-1997: ARC Small Grant, ‘National Competition Policy and Its Impact Upon Trade Practices Compliance Programs’, 1996-1997 (Co-holder)

1993: Member of consultancy team researching and drafting ‘Understanding Fundamental Legislative Principles’, Manual, Queensland Office of Parliamentary Counsel

Publications

2009

Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st Century: Debates, Models, and Practices Across Government, Law, and Business, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, UK (forthcoming)

‘21st Century Legal and Regulatory Developments on Corporate Social Responsibility and SMEs’, in Aras G, Crowther D & Vettori S (eds), Corporate Social Responsibility in SMEs,  SRRNet, Leicester, UK, ISBN: 978-0-9551577-2-1 (forthcoming)

2008

'Judging, Justice, and Jurisprudence of a Judge of Appeal Remembered – A Judicial Journey Through the Legal Landscape of the 20th and 21st Centuries’, in White M and Rahemtula A (eds), Supreme Court History Program Yearbook 2007, Queensland Supreme Court Library (2008) 150-166, ISSN: 1833-5667

‘Navigating No-Man’s Land in the Transition to a New ERA: Smart Publishing and Research Career Strategies in the Post-RQF Period’, ALTA Newsletter, Edition Two (2008)

Conference Papers
‘Reforming Law Reform’s Engagement with the Academic Arm of the Legal Profession’, Annual Australasian Law Reform Conference, Vanuatu, 2008

‘Comparative Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility’, Annual Social Responsibility Research Network Conference, Durham (UK), 2008

Complete listing of publications, including those prior to 2008