James McConvill

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James McConvill is a legal scholar, and also a writer and lecturer

After completing law school in 2001 from Deakin University McConvill McConvill worked as a corporate lawyer for three years with the Australian firm, Allens Arthur Robinson (AAR). He then went on to receive a Ph.D. from the same university in 2006, and was then appointed Senior lecturer in law at La Trobe University in Melbourne. He subsequently left to became a principal at The Corporate Research Group, an Australian think-tank on corporate governance, his academic specialty. , and now has also become director of the Asia-Pacific Centre for American Law.

He is the editor of the international corporate governance journal, The Corporate Governance Law Review.

McConvill gained national attention in Australia during 2005 when editor of the Deakin Law Review for agreeing to publish an article called "Rethinking the White Australia Policy" by Professor Drew Fraser. The article was subsequently withdrawn after the Sudanese community in Australia threatened to sue Deakin University. Media at the time reported concerns that the article was both racist and xenophobic. ^[1]

1 Writings
- 1.1 Books
- 1.2 Articles
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Writings

[edit] Books

McConvill has writed several books on corporate government and related subjects

Principles of contemporary corporate governance, by J J Du Plessis; James McConvill; Mirko Bagaric. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780521617833
Shareholder participation and the corporation : a fresh inter-disciplinary approach in happiness. by James McConvill. Abingdon [England] ; New York : Routledge-Cavendish, 2006. ISBN:9781845680114
In the pursuit of truth : reflections on law, life and contemporary affairs by James McConvill South Yarra, Vic. : Sandstone Academic Press, ©2006. ISBN: 9780975783924
Coming down the mountain : rethinking takeovers regulation in Australia by James McConvillSouth Yarra Victoria, Australia : Sandstone Academic Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780975783917
An introduction to CLERP 9 by James McConvill. Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis, 2004. ISBN: 9780409321814
The false promise of pay for performance : embracing a positive model of the company executive by James McConvill. South Yarra, Victoria, Australia : Sandstone Academic Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780975783900