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Christopher Arup

Professor, Business Law and Taxation

  • BA (Melbourne)
  • LLB (Hons) (Melbourne)
  • LLM (Monash)
  • PhD (Griffith)
  • Barrister and Solicitor (Victoria)

Prior to joining Monash, Chris Arup worked at La Trobe University and Victoria University. He was Head of the Law School at both institutions. He has had visiting appointments at the Universities of Durham, Chicago, Warwick and Sussex.

Chris has undertaken consultancy and project work for a wide range of organisations. They include the OECD, the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department, the Victorian WorkCover Authority, the New South Wales Professional Standards Council, the Victorian Auditor-General and the Brotherhood of St. Laurence. He has organised several major international conferences. He has held ARC Large and Small Grants.

Research

His main areas of research and teaching are intellectual property, international trade law, trade in services, trade practices law and labour law. His work is inter-disciplinary and he has long-term experience in regulatory studies and socio-legal studies.

Chris supervises higher degrees by research including the PhD and welcomes inquiries from those interested in candidature in his fields of expertise.

Publications

His major works include two monographs with Cambridge University Press, Innovation, Law and Policy, and The New World Trade Organization Agreements. He is co-editor of several collections, including Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation, and For the Public Good: Pro Bono Law and the Legal Profession in Australia. Chris is co-editor of the CUP international monograph series, Studies in Law and Society.

Some recent publications

Contact details

Telephone
+61 3 9903 1026
Email
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Postal address
Department of Business Law and Taxation
PO Box 197
Caulfield East, Vic 3145
AUSTRALIA
The World Trade Organization Knowledge Agreements, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008.

"Services and Investment: Liberalisation, Regulation and Law", in R. Buckley, V. Lo (eds) and L. Boulle, Challenges to Multilateral Trade: The Impact of Bilateral, Preferential and Regional Agreements, Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 2008.

"TRIPS as Competitive and Cooperative Interpretation", in J. Malbon and C. Lawson (eds), Interpreting and Implementing the TRIPS Agreement, Edward Elgar, 2008. 

"How are the Models of Traditional Knowledge Linked by International Law and Global Governance?", in C. Antons (ed), Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions and Intellectual Property in the Asian Region, Kluwer Law International, 2008.

"Perspectives on Dispute Settlement: Negotiated Solutions", in Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ten Years of WTO Dispute Settlement: Australian Perspectives, Commonwealth of Australia, 2006, pp 71-88.

"The Regulation of Human Capital: Public Frameworks and Firm-Based Policies", in C. Arup, P. Gahan, J. Howe, R. Johnstone, R. Mitchell and A. O'Donnell (eds), Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation, Federation Press, 2006, pp 637-656.

"Experimenting with Regulation: Liberalisation of Professional Services in the PRC", Australian Journal of Asian Law, 8(1), 1- 24, 2006.