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Personal profile
Biography
John Gillespie is a professor in the Department of Business Law and Taxation.
John has been a visiting research professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore and University of Hong Kong, and visiting research fellow at the Research School of Asian and Pacific Studies at ANU and the Asian Law Centre at Melbourne University. He has consulted widely to international donors such as the World Bank, UNDP, IFC, Danida and AusAid on legal development projects in East Asia. He has also worked on committees advising the Federal Attorney General and AusAid on legal cooperation and development in East Asia.
He is the director of the Asia-Pacific Business Regulation Group, and has authored and edited eight books, and published more than 60 articles and book chapters in journals such as the Law and Society Review, International Law Quarterly Review, Harvard Journal of Human Rights, Law and Social Inquiry, Stanford Journal of International Law and New York University Journal of Law and Politics. He is currently an editorial adviser to the Journal of Asian Law and Asia Pacific Law Review.
His research and teaching interests include Asian comparative law, law and development theory and regulatory theory. He is currently working on a research project exploring what is socialist about socialist law in East Asia with scholars from the Universities of Hong Kong and Melbourne. He has been the lead investigator on an five ARC Discovery projects.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Asian Law
- Regulation
- Legal Transplantation
- Law Reform
- Vietnam
Network
Projects
- 12 Finished
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Environmental conflicts, social changes, and distributive justice in Vietnam
1/08/17 → 20/12/17
Project: Research
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Socio-Legal Research in Urban Asia: The emergence of civic space [NUS Law Vision Project C-241-000-505-091]
29/12/14 → 30/01/15
Project: Research
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Resolution of public land disputes in Vietnam: A multi-actor approach and reform project
15/11/13 → 30/05/15
Project: Research
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Theorizing continuity and change in socialist regulation
Gillespie, J., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Law and Policy. 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Developing a public interest response to state-orchestrated corruption
Gillespie, J., Feb 2022, In: Law and Social Inquiry. 47, 1, p. 25-54 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Legal pluralism and the struggle for customary law in the Vietnamese Highlands
Gillespie, J. & Tran, H. T. Q., Mar 2022, In: American Journal of Comparative Law. 70, 1, p. 1-42 42 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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State-centered land regimes and the struggle for customary land in East Asia
Gillespie, J., 2022, Land Law and Disputes in Asia: In Search of an Alternative for Development. Kaneko, Y., Kadomatsu, N. & Tamanaha, B. Z. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 219-231 13 p. (Routledge Studies in Asian Law).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Theorising the local adaptation of transnational certification standards
Gillespie, J. & Do, H., 2021, In: International and Comparative Law Quarterly. p. 1-35 35 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review