- BCom
- LLB (Melb)
- Ph.D. (Monash)
- Barrister and Solicitor (Vic) Law
Before joining the Department, Brendan was a solicitor in private practice.
Brendan is the co-author of Law in Commerce, with Jennifer O'Reilly published by Butterworths at the beginning of 2001.
Brendan is the co-author of a book with Bruce Clarke of Swinburne University entitled Marketing and the Law, which was published by Butterworths in 1997 and is now in its second edition.
Teaching
He has lectured in the areas of commercial law and contract, company law, competition law, consumer law, insurance law and international trade law both at undergraduate and graduate level.
Research
His current research interests include the role of innovation in the law of market regulation and the effect of the Trade Practices Act on advertising.
Recent publications
- Brendan Sweeney, "Combating Foreign Anti-Competitive Conduct: What role for extraterritorialism? Melbourne Journal of International Law, issue 1, 35-87, 2007
- Brendan Sweeney, "Export Cartels: Is there a need for global rules?", Journal of International Economic Law, issue 1, 87-115, 2007
- Brendan Sweeney, "The role of damages in regulating horizontal price-fixing: comparing the situation in the US, Europe & Australia", Melbourne University Law Review, issue 3, 837-879, 2006
- Brendan Sweeney, "Advertising agencies: their role in consumer protection", Competition and Consumer Law Journal, LexisNexis Butterworths, Sydney, 12:1, 114–123, 2004
- Brendan Sweeney, "Globalisation of competition law and policy: some aspects of the interface between trade and competition", Melbourne Journal of International Law, Melbourne Law School, 5:2, 375–433, 2004
- Brendan Sweeney, "Advertising agencies: are they really the gatekeepers for consumer protection", Competition and Consumer Law Journal, LexisNexisButterworths, Sydney, 10:3, 265-283, 2003
- Brendan Sweeney and Jennifer O'Reilly, "Law in Commerce", Sydney, Butterworths, 352 pp, 2001 (ISBN 0 409 31688 1)
- Brendan Sweeney, "The Constitutional basis of the Competition Code", Monash University Law Review, Monash Law School, Clayton, 27:1, 78-104, 2001
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