Working paper series

WCLRG invites the submission of papers for publication in its Working Paper Series.

Submissions on workplace relations and employment law, labour market regulation, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, and the intersections between labour law and corporate law are welcomed.

Contributors may wish to submit “work in progress” papers to disseminate and obtain feedback on their work from a broad audience, prior to final submission of the paper for publication in a refereed journal. For example, conference and seminar papers, papers arising from research higher degree studies, and high quality undergraduate and postgraduate student essays will be considered for publication in the WCLRG Working Paper Series.

Paper Submission Guidelines

• Papers should be between 5,000-10,000 words in length
• Papers should follow the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (2nd edition) style for presentation and referencing.

Please submit your papers by email to Anthony Forsyth.

Working papers

Working Paper No 1
"The new corporate law" (pdf, 223kb)
Professor Stephen Bottomley and Dr Anthony Forsyth
June 2006

Working Paper No 2
"Australia's spam legislation: a modern-day King Canute?" (pdf, 200kb)
Mark Bender
September 2006

Working Paper No 3
"Corporate accountability, third parties and class actions" (pdf, 160kb)
Associate Professor Vince Morabito
October 2006

Working Paper No 4
"Corporate social responsibility in Australia - a review" (pdf, 141kb)
Associate Professor Helen Anderson and Ingrid Landau
October 2006

Working Paper No 5
"Social responsibility, Machiavellianism and tax avoidance: a study of Hong Kong tax professionals" (pdf, 150kb)
William Shafer and Richard Simmons
November 2006

Working Paper No 6
"Criminal risk in corporate practice - balancing duties and risk while ensuring corporate compliance as an in-house lawyer" (pdf, 104 kb)
Leon Zwier and Lucy Kirwan
April 2007

Working Paper No 7
"The Use of Civil Sanctions for Breaches of Corporate Law" (Submission to the Department of Treasury’s Review of Sanctions in Corporate Law) (pdf, 82 kb)
Michelle Welsh
June 2007

Working Paper No 8
"Worker Representation in Australia: Moving Towards Overseas Models?" (pdf, 226 kb)
Dr Anthony Forsyth
June 2007

Working Paper No 9
"Insolvency Law: A Comparative Analysis of the Preference Tests in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Australia" (pdf, 128 kb)
Shirley Quo
July 2007

Working Paper No 10
"A History of Company Law in Colonial Australia: Legal Evolution and Economic Development" 
(pdf, 227 kb)
Phillip Lipton
August 2007

Working Paper No 11
"Directors’ Liability for Corporate Faults and Defaults – An International Comparison" 
(pdf, 461 kb)
Helen Anderson
August 2008

Working Paper No 12
"Workplace Agreement-Making: Legal Rules And Institutional Processes"
(pdf, 136 kb)
Carolyn Sutherland
October 2008

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Anthony Forsyth
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Tel: + 61 3 9903-2917