Professor Bryan Horrigan

Publications

2010

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

2009

Horrigan, B T. ‘21st century legal and regulatory developments on corporate social responsibility and SMEs’, in Guler Aras, David Crowther and Stella Vettori (Eds.) Corporate Social Responsibility in SMEs. Social Responsibility Research Network, Leicester, UK, (2009) 15-60

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

2007

‘21st Century Corporate Social Responsibility Trends – An Emerging Comparative Body of Law and Regulation on Corporate Responsibility, Governance, and Sustainability’ (2007) 4 Macquarie Journal of Business Law 85-122, Macquarie Lighthouse Press, NSW, ISSN 1449-0269 

2006

‘Improving Legislative Scrutiny of Proposed Laws to Enhance Basic Rights, Parliamentary Democracy, and the Quality of Law-Making’, in Campbell T, Goldsworthy J, and Stone A (eds), Protecting Rights Without a Bill of Rights: Institutional Performance and Reform in Australia, 2006, Ashgate Publishing Limited, Aldershot, UK, 61-100, ISBN: 0-7546-2558-3

Conference Papers
‘Invasion of the Body (of Law) Snatchers – Controversial Borrowings from Foreign and International Law in Comparative Anglo-American Constitutionalism and Corporate Social Responsibility Reform’ Globalisation and the Quest for Social and Environmental Justice: the Relevance of International Law in an Evolving World Order, Public Research Seminar Series, 2006

‘Contrasting Approaches to Human Rights – Implications for International Business’, Invitational presentation, The Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2006

2005

‘Comparative Corporate Governance Developments – Key Ongoing Challenges from Anglo-American Perspectives’ in Tully S (ed) Research Handbook on Corporate Legal Responsibility (2005) Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham, UK 20-53, ISBN: 1 84376-820-8

‘Corporate Social Responsibilities, Directors’ Duties, and the Anglo-Australian Reform Landscape’, Reform (87) Summer (2005-2006) 17-21

‘Update on the Australian Government’s Corporate Social Responsibility Inquiries’ CCH Australian Corporate News (23) Dec (2005) 276-281

‘Cleaning Up Their Act?: Current Government Inquiries’ Precedent (70) Sept-Oct (2005) 10-15

‘Bush Needs Alito to Help Him Home’ The Australian Financial Review 4 November 2005

‘High Courts, High Stakes’ The Australian Financial Review 30 September 2005

‘Specialised Benchmarks for Academic Research’ The Australian Financial Review 20 May 2005

Conference Papers
‘Rethinking Directors’ Duties, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Social Responsibility – Anglo-Australian and American Developments and Contrasts’, Invitational presentation, Zicklin Centre for Business Ethics, The Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2005

‘How to Pick a Judge: the US, the UK, and Australia’, Public lecture, DePauw University, Greencastle, USA, 2005

2004

Adventures in Law and Justice: Exploring Big Legal Questions in Everyday Life (2004) UNSW Press

‘The Expansion of Fairness-Based Business Regulation – Unconscionability, Good Faith, and the Law’s Informed Conscience’ (2004) 32 Australian Business Law Review 159-192, Lawbook Co, NSW, ISSN: 0310-1053

‘High Court Stuck in the Middle on Gay Marriages’ The Canberra Times 3 June 2004, 17

Conference Papers
‘Law and Justice – The Big Questions’, Annual ComView Conference, Victorian Commercial Teachers Association, Melbourne, 2004

‘Developing Governance and Leadership Performance in the Public Sector’, Inaugural Public Sector Governance and Accountability Conference, CPA Australia, Brisbane, December 2004

 ‘Law, Justice, and Human Rights’, NSW Legal Studies Human Rights Conference, Metropolitan East Social Science Teacher Association Annual Conference, October 2004

‘Linking Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility – Regulatory Challenges’, ASIC video-link invitational seminar series, Canberra-Sydney-Melbourne-Brisbane, March 2004

‘The Role of Disclosure in Ensuring Boardroom Accountability’, ASIC Summer School, Brisbane, February 2004

2003

Adventures in Law and Justice: Exploring Big Legal Questions in Everyday Life, 2003, UNSW Press, Sydney (chosen as the flagship publication to launch the UNSW Press ‘Law at Large’ series, under Professor George Williams as series editor), ISBN 81-7534-449-0.  376 pages.

Edited Books and Monographs
Current Issues in Public Sector Governance, 2003, Monograph jointly published by the National Centre for Corporate Law and Policy Research and the National Institute for Governance, Canberra (sole editor and co-author)

‘Governance, Liability, and Immunity of Government Business Enterprises and Their Boards’ in Whincop M (ed) From Bureaucracy to Business Enterprise (2003) Ashgate Publishing Company, Aldershot, UK, 143-171, ISBN: 0-7546-2281-9

‘Australian Native Title Law, Policy, and Practice – A Report Card’ (2003) 22 Economic Papers 16-27, Economic Society of Australia, NSW, ISSN: 0812-0439

‘High Court’s Most Pressing Case is to Explain Its Law-Making’ The Age 8 October 2003 15

‘The High Court Must Address Public Misgivings About Judicial Activism’ Online Opinion October (2003) http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=774

Conference Papers
‘Improving Parliamentary Scrutiny of Legislation and Its Implications for Human Rights, Parliament, and Democracy’, ANU, Centre for International and Public Law seminar series, November 2003; and Human Rights Workshop, Monash University, December 2003

‘Developments in Unconscionability and Other Forms of Fairness-Based Regulation’, RegNet Seminar Series, Canberra, 2003

‘Transforming Corporate Governance Principles into Practice’, CPA Conference (Melbourne) and ComCover ‘Getting Wired’ Seminar (Canberra), 2003

2002

‘Unconscionability Breaks New Ground – Avoiding and Litigating Unfair Client Conduct After the ACCC Test Cases and Financial Services Reforms’ (2002) 7(1) Deakin Law Review 73-96, Deakin University, VIC, ISSN: 1321-3660

‘Fault Lines in the Intersection Between Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility’ (2002) 25 UNSW Law Journal 515-555, ISSN: 0313-0096

‘Native Title Rights Not So Extensive’ The Canberra Times 14 August 2002, 15

Conference Papers 
‘Unconscionability Breaks New Ground – How the ACCC Test Cases and Financial Services Reforms Affect Regulators Like ASIC’, invited video-link presentation to ASIC offices in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, 2002

‘Frameworks and Developments in New Corporate Governance and Levels of Legal Regulation and Analysis’, RegNet seminar series, Canberra, 2002

‘Key Topical Issues in Litigating and Advising on the Governance and Liability of Boards and Directors of Companies and Government Business Enterprises Throughout Australia’, CPA Conference, Sydney, 2002