Research Reports & Research Papers

This webpage of research reports and papers has been established to disseminate research and contribute to debate about corporate law issues.

2023

• Restoring Public Trust in Charities: Empirical Findings and Recommendations (2023) 46(2) UNSW Law Journal,  Rosemary Teele Langford and Malcolm Anderson
• Charities and the Fiduciary Paradigm (2022) 16 Journal of Equity, Rosemary Teele Langford
• An Analysis of the ACNC's Approach to Compliance and Enforcement (2023) 39(7) Company and Securities Law Journal, Rosemary Teele Langford and Miranda Webster
• The Australian Charitable Incorporated Organisation: A Reform Proposal (2023) Rosemary Teele Langford and Miranda Webster
• The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s Use of Enforceable Undertakings and Negotiated Enforcement (2023) George Gilligan and Ian Ramsay
• What Does it Mean to 'Carry on Business in Australia'? An Analysis of the Full Federal Court Decision in Facebook Inc v Australian Information Commissioner (2023) Lloyd Freeburn and Ian Ramsay

2022

• The Role of Credit Cards, Payday Loans, Consumer Leases and Buy-Now-Pay-Later Products in Personal Insolvency (2022) Lucinda O’Brien, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali
• An Analysis of Publicity Orders under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (2022) Lloyd Freeburn and Ian Ramsay
• Enforcement Action by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in Relation to Financial Adviser Misconduct (2022) Ian Ramsay and Miranda Webster
• Restoring Public Trust in Charities: Empirical Findings and Recommendations (2023) 46(2) University of New South Wales Law Journal (forthcoming), Rosemary Teele Langford and Malcolm Anderson
• Charity Trustees: Governance Duties and Conflicts of Interest (2022) Rosemary Teele Langford and Malcolm Anderson
• ‘Purpose and Public Benefit’ in Matthew Harding and Dan Halliday (eds), Charity Law – Exploring the Public of Public Benefit (Routledge, 2022), Rosemary Teele Langford
• Misuse of Power in the Australian Charities Sector (2022) 45 University of New South Wales Law Journal 70, Rosemary Teele Langford and Miranda Webster
• 'Doing the Job That's Required'?: Social Licence to Operate and Directors’ Duties (2022) Vivienne Brand and Rosemary Teele Langford
• China’s Covid-19 Response: The Role of Bankruptcy Law and ‘Typical’ Cases (2022) Yang Zhang, Andrew Godwin and Stacey Steele
• Accountability of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Establishment of the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority – An Evaluation (2022) Lloyd Freeburn and Ian Ramsay
• Australia’s Product Intervention Power and Protection From Consumer Harm: An Evaluation (2022) Lucinda O’Brien, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali
• The Arduous Work of Making Claims in the Wake of Disaster: Perspectives from Policyholders (2022) Evgenia Bourova, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali
• AI in the Home: Artificial Intelligence and Consumer Protection (2022) Jeannie Paterson and Yvette Maker

2021

• Directors' Duties to Prevent Insolvent Trading in a Crisis: Responses to COVID-19 in Australia and Lessons from Germany (2021) Stacey Steele
• Privacy and Emergency Payments in a Pandemic: How to Think about Privacy and a Central Bank Digital Currency (2021) Ellie Rennie and Stacey Steele
• The Hidden Harms of Targeted Advertising by Algorithms and Interventions from the Consumer Protection Toolkit (2021) Jeannie Paterson, Shanton Chang, Marc Cheong, Chris Culnane, Sulette Dreyfus and Dana McKay
• Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Google: Deterring Misleading Conduct in Digital Privacy Policies (2021) Jeannie Paterson, Elise Bant and Henry Cooney
• The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s New Immunity Policy: An Evaluation (2021) Ian Ramsay and Mihika Upadhyaya
• Compliance Programs Introduced in Response to Enforcement by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2021) Ian Ramsay and Mihika Upadhyaya
• Putting a Price on Peace of Mind: Funeral Insurance and Consumer Harm (2021) Lucinda O’Brien, Peng Guo, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali
• The Recent Australian Debate About Individual Liability for the Criminal Misconduct of Corporations (2021) Lloyd Freeburn and Ian Ramsay
• Is There Underenforcement of Corporate Criminal Law? An Analysis of Prosecutions Under the ASIC Act and Corporations Act: 2009–2018 (2021) George Gilligan and Ian Ramsay
• An Impending 'Avalanche': Debt Collection and Consumer Harm after COVID-19 (2021) Lucinda O’Brien, Vivien Chen, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali
• The Failed Attempt to Enact Benefit Company Legislation in Australia and the Rise of B Corps (2021) Ian Ramsay and Mihika Upadhyaya
• Solving the Riddle of Ratification of Misappropriation of Company Property: A New Analogy (2021) Rosemary Teele Langford
• Statutory Duties and Ratification: Untangling the Maze (2021) Rosemary Teele Langford
• Legislative Design - Clarifying the Legislative Porridge (2021) Rosemary Teele Langford, Andrew Godwin and Vivienne Brand
• Regulating for Loyalty in the Financial Services Industry (2021) Rosemary Teele Langford, Scott Donald and Samuel Walpole
• The Best Interests Duty and Corporate Charities — The Pursuit of Purpose (2021) Ian Murray and Rosemary Teele Langford
• Charitable Companies and Related Party Transactions (2021) Rosemary Teele Langford
• An Analysis of ESG Shareholder Resolutions in Australia (2021) Lloyd Freeburn and Ian Ramsay
• One-Stop Shop: Consumer Credit Issued at the Point of Sale (2021) Lucinda O'Brien, Ian Ramsay, Paul Ali and Mihika Upadhyaya
• An Analysis of the use of Stepping Stones Liability against Company Directors and Officers (2021) Ian Ramsay and Miranda Webster
• The Failed Attempt to Enact Benefit Company Legislation in Australia and the Rise of B Corps (2021) Ian Ramsay and Mihika Upadhyaya
• 'Honest, Fair, Transparent and Timely?' Experiences of Australians Who Make Claims on Their Building, Home Contents or Comprehensive Car Insurance Policies (2021) Evgenia Bourova, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali
• Virtual Shareholder Meetings in Australia (2021) Ian Ramsay and Lloyd Freeburn
• An Analysis of ASIC Enforcement against Auditors and Liquidators (2021) Ian Ramsay and Miranda Webster
• Financial Crisis Management Under the Twin Peaks Model of Financial Regulation – Australia and the UK Compared (2021) Andrew Godwin, Steve Kourabas and Ian Ramsay

2020

• RegTech Innovation and Cooperation – Australia and China Compared (2020) Andrew Godwin, Stacey Steele, Dong Yang and Mekhui Zhang
• Consumer Privacy and Consent: Reform in the Light of Contract and Consumer Protection Law (2020) Damian Clifford and Jeannie Paterson
• Scrutinising COVIDSafe: Frameworks for Evaluating Digital Contact Tracing Technologies (2020 ) Adam Lodders and Jeannie Paterson
• Frustratingly Unclear? The Interplay Between Common Law, Statute and the ACL in Assessing Consumer Rights in a Time of Crisis (2020) Alex Jane and Jeannie Paterson
• ‘Carrying on Business in Australia’: A Study of Court Judgments (2020) Ian  Ramsay and Mihika Upadhyaya
• A ‘Damaging Loophole’ ‘Long Overdue’ for Closing: Extending Consumer Protections against Unfair Contract Terms to Insurance (2020) Evgenia Bourova, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali
• ‘Legitimate Expectations’ and the Oppression Remedy (2020) Stephanie Brenker and Ian Ramsay
• Cause to Complain? Consumer Experiences of Internal and External Dispute Resolution in the Context of General Insurance (2020) Evgenia Bourova, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali
• Green Bonds: Legal and Policy Issues (2020) Lloyd Freeburn and Ian Ramsay
• The Geography of Bankruptcy in Australia (2020) Lucinda O'Brien, Malcolm Edward Anderson and Ian Ramsay
• Capital Raising by Companies During the COVID-19 Crisis: An Analysis of Recent ASX Reforms (2020) Ian Ramsay and Lloyd Freeburn
• An Analysis of Board of Director Appraisal Disclosures in Australia and the United States (2020) Ian Ramsay and Mihika Upadhyaya
• Use of the Corporate Form for Public Benefit: Revitalisation of Australian Corporations Law (2020) Rosemary Teele Langford
• Purpose-Based Governance: A New Paradigm (2020) Rosemary Teele Langford
• Equity Crowdfunded Companies in the United Kingdom: What Factors Determine Post-campaign Success? (2020) Steve Kourabas, Ian Ramsay and Mihika Upadhyaya
• Conflicts and Coherence in the Charities Sphere: Would a Conflict By Any Other Name Proscribe the Same? (2020) Rosemary Teele Langford
• The ‘Safe Harbour’ Reform of Directors’ Insolvent Trading Liability in Australia: Insolvency Professionals’ Views (2020) Ian Ramsay and Stacey Steele
• The Contours and Content of the ‘Creditors’ Interests Duty (2020) Rosemary Teele Langford and Ian Ramsay
• Online Payday Lenders: Trusted Friends or Debt Traps? (2020) Vivien Chen (online advance copy)
• Insolvent Trading, Charitable Companies and COVID-19 (2020) Rosemary Teele Langford
• The End of Stepping Stones As We Know It? (2020) Rosemary Teele Langford
• Pursuit Revisited (2020) Rosemary Teele Langford

2019

• Regulating Consumer Contracts in ASEAN: Variation and Change (2019) Jeannie Paterson
• ASEAN Consumer Law Harmonisation and Cooperation: Backdrop and Overarching Perspectives (2019) Luke Nottage, Justin Malbon, Jeannie Paterson and Caron Beaton-Wells
• Intuitive Synthesis and Fidelity to Purpose? Judicial Interpretation of the Discretionary Power to Award Civil Penalties under the Australian Consumer Law (2019) Jeannie Paterson and Elise Bant
• An Integrated Approach to Statutory Interpretation: Directors' Duties in the UK (2019) Rosemary Teele Langford
• 'Contrary to the Spirit of the Age': Imprisonment for Debt in Colonial Victoria, 1857–90 (2019) Jodie Boyd, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali
• Consumer Contracts and Product Safety Law in Southeast Asia: Partly Trading Up? (2019) Luke Nottage and Jeannie Marie Paterson
• FinTech Challengers and Incumbents’ Responses: A Window into Innovation Management Strategy Modes within Australia’s Financial Services Sector (2019) Martin Gold and Paul Ali
• A New Approach to Corporate Structures Involved in Labour Law Breaches (2019) Helen Anderson
• Challenges and Opportunities for the China International Commercial Court (2019) Wei Cai and Andrew Godwin
• Insolvency Law Reform in Australia and Singapore: Directors’ Liability for Insolvent Trading and Wrongful Trading (2019) Stacey Steele, Ian Ramsay and Miranda Webster
• Social Licence to Operate and Directors' Duties: Is there a Need for Change? (2019) Rosemary Teele Langford
• Limitations of Australia's Legal Hardship Protections for Women with Debt Problems Caused by Economic Abuse (2019) Evgenia Bourova, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali
• Insolvent Trading in Australia: A Study of Court Judgments from 2004 to 2017 (2019) Stacey Steele and Ian Ramsay
• The Evolution and Consolidation of External Dispute Resolution Schemes in the Financial Sector: From the Banking Ombudsman to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (2019) Ian Ramsay and Miranda Webster
• Enhancing the Internal Dispute Resolution Processes of Financial Firms for Consumer Complaints (2019) Ian Ramsay and Miranda Webster
• Determining Secondary Liability: In Search of Legislative Coherence (2019) Helen Anderson
• The Reach of Constitutional Conflicts Provisions: How Do Companies Contract out of the General Law Duties? (2019) Rosemary Langford and Ian Ramsay
• The Hayne Royal Commission – Just Another Piece of Official Discourse? (2019) George Gilligan
• FinFuture: The future of personal finance in Australia (2019) Christoph Breidbach, Chris Culnane, Andrew Godwin, Carsten Murawski and Cynthia Sear
• Court Review of the Decisions of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority and its Predecessors (2019) Ian Ramsay and Miranda Webster
• The 'Creditors' Interests Duty': When Does It Arise and What Does It Require? (2019) Rosemary Teele Langford and Ian Ramsay
• Director Restriction: An Alternative to Disqualification for Corporate Insolvency (2019) Michelle Welsh and Helen Anderson
• The Distinctive Features of Women in the Australian Bankruptcy System: An Empirical Study (2019) Lucinda O'Brien, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali
• Removal of Directors of Public Companies by Shareholders: When do Companies Contract out of the Corporations Act? (2019) By Rosemary Teele Langford and Ian Ramsay
• The origins and evolution of the statutory duties of trade union officers (2019) By Ian Ramsay and Miranda Webster
• Impacts of Financial Literacy and Confidence on the Severity of Financial Hardship in Australia (2019) By Evgenia Bourova, Malcolm Anderson, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali
• “More to Lose: The Attributes of Involuntary Bankruptcy” (2019) By Lucinda O'Brien, Malcolm Edward Anderson, Ian Ramsay, Paul Ali
• "It's Easy to Say Don't Sign Anything": Debt Problems Among Recent Migrants from a Non-English Speaking Background (2019) By Evgenia Bourova, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali
• Does Section 191 of the Corporations Act Include Conflicting Duties? (2019) By Rosemary Langford and Ian Ramsay
• An Analysis of the Enforcement of the Statutory Duty of Care by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2019) By Ian Ramsay and Benjamin Saunders
• A History of the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee and its Predecessors (2019) By Ian Ramsay
• The Experience of Financial Hardship in Australia: Causes, Impacts and Coping Strategies (2019) By Evgenia Bourova, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali

2018

• Superannuation Guarantee Contributors as a Tax: The Case for Reincarnation over Reform (2018) By Helen Anderson and Tess Hardy
• Illegal Phoenix Activity: Practical Ways to Improve the Recovery of Tax (2018) By Helen Anderson
• Insolvency - It's All About the Money (2018) By Helen Anderson
• Shelter from the Storm: Phoenix Activity and the Safe Harbour (2018) By Helen Anderson
• Trends and Developments in Chinese Insolvency Law: The First Decade of the PRC Enterprise Bankruptcy Law (2018) By Stacey Steele, Andrew Godwin, Chun Jin, Changyin Han, Yimin Ren and Weihong Chi
• The Hidden Dimension of Business Bankruptcy in Australia (2018) By Lucinda O’Brien, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali
• The Vulnerability of Older Australians in Bankruptcy: Insights from an Empirical Study (2018) By Lev Bromberg, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali
• Social Impact Bonds in Australia (2018) By Corinne Tan and Ian Ramsay
• Is a Conflict of Interest under the General Law the same as a Material Personal Interest under the Corporations Act? (2018) By Rosemary Teele Langford and Ian Ramsay
• Equity Crowdfunding in Australia and New Zealand (2018) By Steve Kourabas and Ian Ramsay
• Harmful Phoenix Activity and Disqualification from Managing Corporations: An Unenforceable Regime? (2018) By Jasper Hedges, Helen Anderson, Ian Ramsay and Michelle Welsh
• Depositor Preference and Deposit Insurance Schemes — Challenges for Regulatory Convergence and Regulatory Coordination in Asia (2018) By Angus Chan, Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay
• An Analysis of the Business Objectives of the Largest Listed Companies in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States (2018) By Ian Ramsay and Belinda Sandonato
• Cross-Border Cooperation in Financial Regulation: Crossing the Fintech Bridge (2018) By Lev Bromberg, Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay
• Equity Crowdfunding in Malaysia (2018) By Steve Kourabas and Ian Ramsay
• The Potential Economic Gains from Increasing Public Law Enforcement Against Illegal Pheonix Activity (2018) By Jasper Hedges, Ian Ramsay, Michelle Anne Welsh and Helen L. Anderson
• An Evaluation of Debt Agreements in Australia (2018) By Vivien Chen, Lucinda O'Brien and Ian Ramsay
• Remunerating Corporate Insolvency Practitioners in the United Kingdom, Australia and Singapore: The Roles of Courts (2018) By Stacey Steele, Wee Meng Seng and Ian Ramsay

2017

• Catching Pre-Insolvency Advisors: The Hidden Culprits of Illegal Phoenix Activity (2017) By Helen Anderson and Jasper Hedges
• Facilitating Equity Crowdfunding in the ASEAN Region (2017) By Steve Kourabas and Ian Ramsay
• Twin Peaks: South Africa's Financial Sector Regulatory Framework (2017) By Andrew Godwin, Timothy House and Ian Ramsay
• Banning Orders: An Empirical Analysis of the Dominant Mode of Corporate Law Enforcement in Australia (2017) By Jasper Hedges, George Gilligan and Ian Ramsay
• Review of the Financial System External Dispute Resolution and Complaints Framework: Supplementary Final Report (2017) By Ian Ramsay and Julie Abramson and Alan Kirkland
• Review of the Financial System External Dispute Resolution and Complaints Framework: Final Report (2017) By Ian Ramsay and Julie Abramson and Alan Kirkland
• International Commercial Courts: The Singapore Experience (2017) By Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay and Miranda Webster
• Fintech Sandboxes: Achieving a Balance between Regulation and Innovation (2017) By Lev Bromberg and Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay
• Consumer Leases and Indigenous Consumers (2017) By Paul Ali and Steve Kourabas and Cosima Hay McRae and Ian Ramsay
• Similar Insider Trading Laws, Different Enforcement Reality: An Evaluation of Australian and Singaporean Enforcement Approaches (2017) By Lev Bromberg and George Gilligan and Ian Ramsay
• Financial Market Manipulation and Insider Trading: An International Study of Enforcement Approaches (2017) By Lev Bromberg and George Gilligan and Ian Ramsay
• Financial Hardship Assistance Behind the Scenes: Insights from Financial Counsellors (2017) By Paul Ali and Evgenia Bourova and Ian Ramsay
• ASIC Enforcement Outcomes: Trends and Analysis (2017) By Ian Ramsay and Miranda Webster
• Reporting on Hardship Practice in the Consumer Credit and Energy Sectors: An Analysis (2017) By Evgenia Bourova and Ian Ramsay and Madeleine Roberts
• Insider Trading and Market Manipulation: The SEC's Enforcement Outcomes (2017) By Lev Bromberg and George Gilligan and Ian Ramsay
• No "Silver Bullet": A Multifaceted Approach to Curbing Harmful Phoenix Activity (2017) By Jasper Hedges and Helen L. Anderson and Ian Ramsay and Michelle Anne Welsh
• Illegal Phoenix Activity: Is a 'Phoenix Prohibition' the Solution? (2017) By Helen L. Anderson and Jasper Hedges and Ian Ramsay and Michelle Anne Welsh
• Phoenix Activity: Recommendations on Detection, Disruption and Enforcement (2017) By Helen L. Anderson and Ian Ramsay and Michelle Anne Welsh and Jasper Hedges
• Registered Charities and Governance Standard 5: An Evaluation (2017) By Ian Ramsay and Miranda Webster
• The Inherent Power of Common Law Courts to Provide Assistance in Cross-Border Insolvencies: From Comity to Complexity (2017) By Andrew Godwin and Timothy Howse and Ian Ramsay
• Penalties Regimes to Counter Corporate Misconduct in Australia – Views of Governance Professionals (2017) By George Gilligan and Andrew Godwin and Jasper Hedges and Ian Ramsay
• The Proper Purpose Rule as a Constraint on Directors’ Autonomy – Eclairs Group Limited v JKX Oil & Gas Plc (2017) By Rosemary Teele Langford and Ian Ramsay
• Financial Stability Authorities and Macroprudential Regulation (2017) By Andrew Godwin and Steve Kourabas and Ian Ramsay
• Bankruptcy and Debtor Rehabilitation: An Australian Empirical Study (2017) By Paul Ali and Lucinda O'Brien and Ian Ramsay
• Misfortune or Misdeed: An Empirical Study of Public Attitudes Towards Personal Bankruptcy (2017) By Paul Ali and Lucinda O'Brien and Ian Ramsay
• The Policy and Practice of Enforcement of Directors' Duties by Statutory Agencies in Australia: An Empirical Analysis (2017) By Jasper Hedges and Helen Louise Bird and George Gilligan and Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay
• The Extent and Intensity of Insider Trading Enforcement - An International Comparison (2017) By Lev Bromberg and George Gilligan and Ian Ramsay
• Shadow Banking and Regional Coordination in Asia: Risks, Challenges and Benefits (2017) By Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay and Drossos Stamboulakis
• Assessing Financial Regulatory Coordination and Integration with Reference to OTC Derivatives Regulation (2017) By Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay and Edwin Sayes
• A Jurisdictional Comparison of the Twin Peaks Model of Financial Regulation (2017) By Andrew Godwin and Timothy Howse and Ian Ramsay
• Regulation of Mutual Funds in Australia (2017) By Pamela F Hanrahan and Ian Ramsay

2016

• The Incidence and Causes of Personal Bankruptcy in Australia (2016) By Paul Ali and Malcolm Edward Anderson and Lucinda O'Brien and Ian Ramsay
• Super Behaviour: A Note on Young Australian Adults’ Engagement with their Superannuation Accounts (2016) By Malcolm Edward Anderson and Martin Clark and Ian Ramsay and Chander Shekhar
• At the Coalface of Corporate Insolvency and Phoenix Activity: A Survey of ARITA and AICM Members (2016) By Helen L. Anderson and Jasper Hedges and Ian Ramsay and Michelle Anne Welsh
• The Role of Legal Hardship Protections in Coping with Debt Problems: Insights from a Survey of Consumers (2016) By Paul Ali and Evgenia Bourova and Ian Ramsay
• Employment Restraints of Trade: An Empirical Study of Australian Court Judgments (2016) By Hui Xian Chia and Ian Ramsay
• An Analysis of Shareholder Resolutions Involving Australian Listed Companies from 2004 to 2013 (2016) By Hui Xian Chia and Ian Ramsay
• The Who, Why and What of Enforceable Undertakings Accepted by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2016) By Helen Louise Bird and George Gilligan and Ian Ramsay
• The Australian Sports Commission's Governance Reform in Sport Discussion Paper and Voting Rules in Corporate Constitutions (2016) By Robert D. Macdonald and Ian Ramsay
• Illegal Phoenix Activity: Quantifying Its Incidence and Cost (2016) By Helen L. Anderson and Ian Ramsay and Michelle Anne Welsh
• The Statutory Right to Seek a Credit Contract Variation on the Grounds of Hardship: A History and Analysis (2016) By Paul Ali and Evgenia Bourova and Ian Ramsay
• Australia's Financial Ombudsman Service: An Analysis of its Role in the Resolution of Financial Hardship Disputes (2016) By Paul Ali and Evgenia Bourova and Joseph Horbec and Ian Ramsay
• An Empirical Study of Australian Judicial Decisions Relating to Insolvency Practitioner Remuneration (2016) By Stacey Steele and Vivien Chen and Ian Ramsay
• From Enforcement to Prevention: International Cooperation and Financial Benchmark Reform (2016) By Andre Dao and Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay
• Bankruptcy, Social Security and Long Term Poverty: Results from a Survey of Financial Counsellors and Consumer Solicitors (2016) By Paul Ali and Lucinda O'Brien and Ian Ramsay
• Has the Introduction of Civil Penalties Increased the Speed and Success Rate of Directors’ Duties Cases? (2016) By Jasper Hedges and Ian Ramsay
• An ASEAN Framework for Cross-Border Cooperation in Financial Consumer Dispute Resolution (2016) By Vivien Chen and Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay
• Twin Peaks and Financial Regulation: The Challenges of Increasing Regulatory Overlap and Expanding Responsibilities (2016) By Andrew Godwin and Steve Kourabas and Ian Ramsay
• Short-Form Disclosure Documents ― An Empirical Survey of Six Jurisdictions (2016) By Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay
• The Financial Literacy of Young People: Socio-Economic Status, Language Background and the Rural-Urban Chasm (2016) By Paul Ali and Malcolm Edward Anderson and Cosima Hay McRae and Ian Ramsay
• Enforcement of Financial Market Manipulation Laws: An International Comparison of Sanctions (2016) By Lev Bromberg and George Gilligan and Ian Ramsay
• Sanctions Imposed for Insider Trading in Australia, Canada (Ontario), Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States: An Empirical Study (2016) By Lev Bromberg and George Gilligan and Jasper Hedges and Ian Ramsay
• Constitutional Voting Rules of Australian National Sporting Organizations: Comparative Analysis and Principles of Constitutional Design (2016) By Robert D. Macdonald and Ian Ramsay
• Cross-Border Cooperation in Bank Resolution: A Framework for Asia (2016) by Vivien Chen, Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay
• An Empirical Analysis of Public Enforcement of Directors' Duties in Australia: Preliminary Findings (2016) by Jasper Hedges, Helen Bird, George Gilligan, Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay
• An Empirical Analysis of the Use of Enforceable Undertakings by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission between 1 July 1998 and 31 December 2015 (2016) by Helen Bird, George Gilligan, Andrew Godwin, Jasper Hedges and Ian Ramsay

• Is Australia's 'Twin Peaks' System of Financial Regulation a Model for China? (2016) by Andrew Godwin, Li Guo and Ian Ramsay
• Directors' Conflicts: Must a Conflict Be Pursued for There to Be a Breach of Duty? (2016) by Rosemary Teele Langford and Ian Ramsay
• Corporate Law Reform in Australia: An Analysis of the Influence of Ownership Structures and Corporate Failure (2016) by Vivien Chen, Ian Ramsay and Michelle Welsh

2015

• Section 1322 as a Response to the Complexity of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (2015) by Hui Xian Chia and Ian Ramsay
• Legal Considerations for Superannuation Investors When Investing in Complex Financial Products (2015) by Paul Ali, Jesse Jager and Ian Ramsay
• Twin Peaks - The Legal and Regulatory Anatomy of Australia's System of Financial Regulation (2015) by Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay
• Takeover Dispute Resolution in Australia and the United States - Takeovers Panel or Courts? (2015) by Ian Ramsay
• Commercial Litigation in Australia: An Empirical Study (2015) by Asjeet Lamba and Ian Ramsay
• The Asia Region Funds Passport Initiative: Challenges for Regulatory Coordination (2015) by Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay

• Quantifying Phoenix Activity: Incidence, Cost, Enforcement (October 2015) By Anderson, H, O'Connell, A, Ramsay, I, Welsh, M, and Withers, H.
• ‘Regulating by Numbers: The Trend Towards Increasing Empiricism in Enforcement Reporting by Financial Regulators’ (2015) 9 Law and Financial Markets Review 260 By George Gilligan, Jasper Hedges, Paul Ali, Helen Bird, Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay
• ‘Financial Services Misconduct and the Corporations Act 2001’ (Working Paper No 2, Centre for Corporate Law & Securities Regulation, The University of Melbourne, 31 July 2015) By George Gilligan and Helen Bird
• 'Financial Hardship: Insights from a Survey of Financial Counsellors' (Research Report, Financial Hardship Project, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, December 2015) By P Ali, E Bourova and I Ramsay
• 'Responding to Consumers' Financial Hardship: An Evaluation of the Legal Frameworks and Company Policies' (2015) 23 Competition and Consumer Law Journal 29 By P Ali, E Bourova and I Ramsay
• 'A Quick Fix? Credit Repair in Australia' (2015) 43 Australian Business Law Review 179-205 By P Ali, L O'Brien and I Ramsay
• ‘Financial Counselling and the Self-Represented Debtor in the Federal Circuit Court Bankruptcy List: An Analysis of a Recent Pilot Service’ (2015) 23.4Insolvency Law Journal 161 By P Ali, L O’Brien and I Ramsay
• 'Perspectives of Financial Counsellors and Consumer Solicitors on Personal Insolvency' (Research Report, Personal Insolvency Project, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, September 2015) By P Ali, L O'Brien and I Ramsay
• ‘Federal Circuit Court Financial Counselling Project Evaluation' (Research Report, Personal Insolvency Project, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, August 2015) By P Ali, L O'Brien and I Ramsay
• “Short a Few Quid”: Bankruptcy Stigma in Contemporary Australia’ (2015) 38.4 University of New South Wales Law Journal 1575 By P Ali, L O’Brien and I Ramsay

• Papers Presented at the Future of Corporate Regulation Conference (2000)
  • The Hon Joe Hockey, Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Opening Address
  • Ian Govey, General Manager, Civil Justice and Legal Services, Attorney-General's Department, "Measures to Address Wakim and Hughes: How the Referral of Powers will Work"
  • Joseph P Longo, National Director - Enforcement, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, "Constitutional Challenges Facing ASIC"
  • Dennis Rose AM and Professor Geoffrey Lindell, "A Constitutional Perspective on Hughes and the Referral of Powers"
  • The Honourable Justice R P Austin, Supreme Court of New South Wales, "The Role of Courts Following Hughes and Wakim and the Referral of Powers"
  • Associate Professor Michael Whincop, Faculty of Law, Griffith University, "Phoenix or Souffle? The Economics of the Rise, Fall and Second Rise of the National Scheme"
• Anomalies Resulting from the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999 (2000) Corporations Law Committee, Business Law Section, Law Council of Australia
• To Whom are the Duties of a Company Director Owed? (2000) by Tom Bostock, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
• Directors' Duties in the Light of CLERP and Recent Legal Developments (2000) by Tony Greenwood, Partner, Blake Dawson Waldron
• The Definition of "Associate" in the Corporations Law (2000) by Justice R P Austin
• Challenges to Australia's Federal Corporate Law (2000) by Professor Ian Ramsay, Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law and Director of the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, The University of Melbourne
• Comment on the Constitutional Challenges to Corporate Law (2000) by Marion Hetherington, Solicitor, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
• Do Independent Directors Add Value? (1999) by Jeffrey Lawrence and Geof Stapledon
• The Economics of Market Confidence: (Ac)Costing Securities Market Regulations (1999) by Jeffrey Lawrence, Associate, Investment Banking, Salomon Smith Barney Research Associate, Centre for Corporate Law & Securities Regulation, The University of Melbourne
• Regulating Directors' Duties - How Effective are the Civil Penalty Sanctions in the Australian Corporations Law? (1999) by George Gilligan, Helen Bird and Ian Ramsay
• The Online Corporation: Electronic Corporate Communications (1999) by Dr Elizabeth Boros. This discussion paper and questionnaire form part of a collaborative research project between the Centre for Corporate Law & Securities Regulation and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Issues covered include:
  • electronic delivery of documents such as annual reports, notices of meeting and prospectuses
  • electronic voting and company meetings; and
  • electronic lodgment of documents with ASIC.
• Multimedia Prospectuses and Other Offer Documents (1999) by Dr Elizabeth Boros and ASIC. This Issues Paper forms part of a collaborative research project between the Centre for Corporate Law & Securities Regulation and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The paper examines the possibility of including multimedia material in prospectuses and other offer documents.
• CLERPing the Panel (1999) by The Honourable Justice GFK Santow OAMA paper given to Panel Members on 10 November 1999. The paper examines some of the problems with which the new Panel will have to grapple and some critical points if success is to be achieved.
• Accounting and Non-Accounting Based Information in the Market for Debt: Evidence from Australian Private Debt Contracts (1998) by Ian Ramsay and Baljit Sidhu
• Corporate Groups in Australia (1998) by Ian Ramsay and Geof Stapledon
• Institutional Investors' Views on Corporate Governance (1998) by Ian Ramsay, Geof Stapledon and Kenneth Fong
• Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices by Australian Listed Companies (1997) by Ian Ramsay and Richard Hoad
• Underpricing of Initial Public Offerings and Due Diligence Costs: An Empirical Investigation (1995) by Ian Ramsay and Baljit Sidhu