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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.
Keywords
- Asian Law
- Regulation
- Legal Transplantation
- Law Reform
- Vietnam
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Projects 2006 2017
- 12 Finished
Environmental conflicts, social changes, and distributive justice in Vietnam
1/08/17 → 20/12/17
Project: Research
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
Resolution of public land disputes in Vietnam: A multi-actor approach and reform project
15/11/13 → 30/05/15
Project: Research
Research Output 2001 2019
Between authoritarian governance and urban citizenship: tree-felling protests in Hanoi
Gillespie, J. & Nguyen, Q. H., 1 Apr 2019, In : Urban Studies. 56, 5, p. 977-991 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Exploring a public interest definition of corruption: public private partnerships in socialist Asia
Gillespie, J., Nguyen, V. T., Nguyen, H. V. & Le, C. Q., 19 Jan 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Business Ethics. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Environmental disputes, social changes, and distributive justice in Viet Nam: Case studies, comparative analysis, and policy implications
Gillespie, J., Nguyen, T., Le, C. & Nguyen, H., 2018, Hanoi: United Nations Development Programme (Viet Nam). 46 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Other › peer-review
From revolution to evolution: the changing meanings of socialist land in Vietnam
Gillespie, J. & Le, T., 2018, Socialist Law in Socialist East Asia. Hualing, F., Gillespie, J., Nicholson, P. & Partlett, W. (eds.). Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 406-428 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Is Vietnam transitioning out of socialism or transforming socialism? searching for answers in commercial regulation
Gillespie, J., Jul 2018, Socialist Law in Socialist East Asia. Hualing, F., Gillespie, J., Nicholson, P. & Partlett, W. (eds.). 1st ed. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 319-350 32 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review