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78035 Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance deals with a group of topics of central current importance to the governance of the publicly held corporation. As a field of study, corporate governance concerns the relationships between a corporation's directors, managers, shareholders and other stakeholders. The subject assumes foundational studies in corporate law so that it may explore in greater depth and from a comparative perspective the legal principles, policies and practices that shape sound corporate governance.

This new PG option is available to students studying a Master of Laws or the Master of Law and Legal Practice and will be offered as an intensive subject as part of the 2007 Spring Semester (Mon 30 Jul 2007 - Fri 08 Nov 2007).

In an increasingly global world, the activities of multinational corporations may impact negatively...

An area of particular research interest to Professor Paul Redmond is the issue of corporate responsibility and corporate accountability. A special focus is with regard to human rights impacts of corporate operations. In an increasingly global world, the activities of multinational corporations may impact negatively through pollution effects, and upon respect for labour rights and for human rights generally in the areas where they operate. Underlying this research project is a more general issue as to the proper objective or purpose of the business corporation... READ FULL STORY

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Professor
Paul Redmond

Sir Gerard Brennan Research Professor

BA, LLM (Syd)

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Contact Details

p: +61 2 9514 3491

f:  +61 2 9514 3400

e:  Paul.Redmond@uts.edu.au

Location

Faculty of Law
Cnr Quay St & Ultimo Road
Haymarket NSW 2007

Room# CM05B.04.13 
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Mailing Address

UTS:LAW
P.O. Box 123
Broadway NSW 2007
AUSTRALIA

 

Current Teaching

78035 Corporate Governance

 

Areas of Expertise

› Companies and
  Securities Law


› Corporate Governance

› Corporate Responsibility
  including International
  Corporate Responsibility
  for Human Rights
  Observance

› Legal Education

Higher Degree & Postgraduate Research Supervision

Currently supervising research
students writing papers on:

› The recognition of corruption
   as a human rights issue;

› The role of letters of comfort in
   international banking practice;

› Human rights responsibilities in
  foreign company mining operations
  in developing countries; and

› The impact of international law
  upon corporate behaviour.

Academic Profile

Paul Redmond joined UTS in 2006 as the inaugural Sir Gerard Brennan Professor after serving for many years a professor in the Faculty of Law at UNSW (where he also served as Dean of the Faculty from 1996 to 2002). He is an Emeritus Professor of the University of New South Wales.

At UTS, Professor Redmond will take a leadership role in assisting the Faculty to develop a research profile to match its strong reputation as a provider of high quality legal education that is responsive to the needs of legal practice.

He has been a member of a number of professional bodies concerned with corporate law reform and development, including the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia. Professor Redmond is a member of the Editorial Committee of International Corporate Law (United Kingdom) and the Australian Journal of Corporate Law.

While his principal research interests are in corporate and securities law, Paul also has a research and professional interest in legal education, professional responsibility and in the application of human rights standards to business. He is Chair of the Diplomacy Training Program - a regional human rights training body, was a founding member of National Pro Bono Resource Centre and has participated in a number of national and international initiatives in legal education.

In 2001, Professor Redmond co-authored a significant report on the reform of legal education and training in Hong Kong. He is an Honorary Visiting Professor in the School of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Current Research Activities

The measure of company interests and the legal scope of accommodation that may be extended to non-shareholder stakeholder interests

Corporate responsibility for negative social impacts of business operations whose internalization is not legally mandated.

The legitimate scope and significance of the corporate social responsibility movement.

The mechanisms, existing and potential, under international human rights law and corporate practice for extending the reach of human rights standards to non-state actors such as corporations.

Corporation in society: the evolving compact between business and society, and its significance for corporate law.

Recent Publications and Conference Papers

"The thrall of shareholder value: Implications for corporate social responsibility and directors' duties" (2006) 58(2) Keeping Good Companies 79-83

"Corporate social responsibility: An overview of trends and issues" Reform (Journal of the Australian Law Reform Commission) Issue 87, Summer 2005-2006, pp 7-11

Companies and Securities Law: Commentary and Materials, Law Book Co, 4th ed, 2005, pp 1-992

"The UN Guidelines and emerging standards on corporate accountability for human rights", in Diplomacy Training Program, Training Manual (2004), chap 11

"Transnational enterprise and human rights: Options for standard-setting and compliance" (2003) 37 International Lawyer 69-102

"Emerging from the chrysalis of apprenticeship': Rethinking objectives in law school education" in Kam Fan Sin (ed), Legal Explorations: Essays In Celebration Of Professor Michael Chesterman, Law Book Co, 2003, 15-43

Various conference papers on corporate governance, corporate responsibility, developments in legal education, and the application of human rights standards to business.