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Prof

Sean Cooney

Professor
Law
Employment Law
Labour Law
International Labour Law
Comparative Law
Enforcement
Asian Law
Employment Contracts
Dispute Resolution
Regulation
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Prof

Sean Cooney

 
Division
Law
 
Primary Interest
Employment and Labour Law
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Sean Cooney's research interests are international and comparative labour law, with a focus on Asia, and Chinese law. He is currently working on new approaches to improving international working standards, including an Australian Research Council-funded projects on enforcement reform in China and Australia, and is part of a research team examining the 'legal origins' debate in several Asia-Pacific countries.

Sean speaks Mandarin Chinese, French and German has published articles in major refereed law journals in the United States, China and Australia. He currently teaches Obligations, Chinese Law, Employment Law, and Law and Economic Development in Asia. Sean has studied at the University of Melbourne and Columbia University. He also spent several years as a lawyer practising mainly in the areas of employment and administrative law.

Projects

Displaying the 8 most recent projects by Sean Cooney.

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ILO World Economic and Social Outlook 2020: Chapter 4

2020 - 2020
Completed
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REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND PRACTICES FOR INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN 5 COUNTRIES

2019 - 2019
Completed
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Regulatory Framework and Practices for Industrial Relations in 6 Countries

2019 - 2019
Completed
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Improving labour law and labour administration for a new industrial relations framework in respect of the ILO Declaration on FPRW at work.

2018 - 2018
Completed
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How are low protection workers regulated?

2013 - 2014
Completed
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New Initiatives in Enforcing Employment Standards: Assessing the Effectiveness of Federal Government Compliance Strategies

The well-being of more than eight million Australian employees is underpinned by statutory workplace entitlements. For the large majority of..

2009 - 2016
Completed
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New Initiatives in Enforcing Employment Standards: Assessing the Effectiveness of Federal Government Compliance Strategies

The well-being of more than eight million Australian employees is underpinned by statutory workplace entitlements. For the large majority of..

2009 - 2016
Completed
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Enforcement of Chinese Employment Law: Regulatory Innovation and Wage Arrears

Australia's security and economic well-being is closely bound up with China. It is in Australia's interests that China develops a sound lega..

2007 - 2011
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

4

Research Contracts

3

Research Grant

1

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Sean Cooney.

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Measuring Worker Protection Using Leximetrics: Illustrating a New Approach in Four Asia-Pacific Countries

Petra Mahy, Richard Mitchell, Carolyn Sutherland, Peter Gahan, Anthony O’Donnell, Sean Cooney, Gordon Anderson, Lingfeng Mao, Andrew Stewart

Journal article  |  2019  |  The American Journal of Comparative Law

This Article introduces the Worker Protection Index (WPI), a new measure for quantitative cross-national comparison of the strengt..

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Resolving individual labour disputes: A general introduction

M Ebisui, S Cooney, C Fenwick

Book Chapter  |  2016

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Resolving individual labour disputes: A comparative overview

M Ebisui, S Cooney, C Fenwick

Book  |  2016

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Building BRICS of success?

S Cooney, D du Toit, R Fragale, R Ronnie, K Sankaran

Book Chapter  |  2015

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China's challenge to labour law in both the Global North and the Global South

Sean Cooney

Book Chapter  |  2015

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Trade Unions and the Enforcement of Minimum Employment Standards in Australia: Research Report

I Landau, S Cooney, T Hardy, J HOWE

Report  |  2014

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The Transformation of Enforcement of Minimum Employment Standards in Australia: A Review of the Fair Work Ombudsman's Activities from 2006-2012

J HOWE, T Hardy, S Cooney

Report  |  2014

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Law and fair work in China

S Cooney, S Biddulph, Y Zhu

Book  |  2013

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Less energetic but more enlightened? Exploring the Fair Work Ombudsman's use of litigation in regulatory enforcement

T Hardy, J Howe, S Cooney

Journal article  |  2013  |  Sydney Law Review

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Mandate, Discretion, and Professionalisation in an Employment Standards Enforcement Agency: An Antipodean Experience

John Howe, Tess Hardy, Sean Cooney

Journal article  |  2013  |  Law & Policy

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Law
Justice and the Law
International Relations
Management and Productivity Issues
Business and Management
Management and Productivity
Microeconomics
Work

News

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Working hard to make work fairer

Sean Cooney, John Howe, Tess Hardy

May 24, 2019

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2008

Alice Tay Memorial Award in the Field of Human Rights

Australia-China Council

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Credentials

Positions

Positions

Professor

Law

Barrister & Solicitor

High Court of Australia

Barrister & Solicitor

Supreme Court of Victoria

Member

Australian Labour Law Association

Member

Chinese Studies Association of Australia

Education

Education

Doctor of the Science of Law

Columbia University

Master of Laws

Columbia University

Master of Laws

University of Melbourne

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