Ross Buckley
Professor
B.Econ., LL.B. (Hons) (Qld); PhD (UNSW), LL.D. (Melb.)Contact details
- Room:
- 238 Law Building
- Phone:
- 9385 9627
- E-mail:
- ross.buckley@unsw.edu.au
Brief overview
I joined the Faculty in January 2007, having previously led a research centre into global trade & finance at another Australian University for six years. I edit two book series for Kluwer, and since 2004 have been involved in the Australia21 Research Network http://www.australia21.org.au.
In the past I've consulted to banks, finance houses and government departments, including the U.S. SEC and Department of Justice, the Australian Tax Office, the Indonesian Ministry of Finance and the Vietnamese Ministry of Trade. These days I am an Honorary Consultant to World Vision and Jubilee Australia -- in what really matter this work pays the best. In what now feels like a past life, I once practised banking and finance law in Australia and Hong Kong and on Wall Street for nine years.
I seem to have a Canadian thing going on. My favorite poet is Alden Nowlan, favorite song writer Leonard Cohen, favorite song Hallelujah sung by KD Laing, and favorite recreation in summer, ocean swimming, especially 2 km offshore races. One has to be an Aussie in summer.
Three wonderful kids, a fantastic wife, and some pretty crazy friends -- life is good.
Courses taught
Areas of expertise
Australian Banking Law, International Banking and Finance Law, International Trade Policy, Regional Financial Governance, Global Financial Governance
Professional memberships and affiliations
Founding Series Editor, Global Trade Law Series, Kluwer Law International, The Hague.
Series Co-editor, Kluwer's International Banking and Finance Law Series.
Founding Editor, Overseas Law Column, Australian Law Journal.
Member, Global Governance Research Project, Institute of Social Sciences, Universty of Tokyo, 2010-2013.
Fellow & Advisory Board Member, Asian Institute of International Financial Law, University of Hong Kong.
Member, Sovereign Insolvency Study Group, International Law Assocation, 2009-2010.
Research supervision
I am currently supervising two doctoral students, but another two have graduated of late, so I have space for more. If you are interested in working with me, international financial governance should be your thing: the need for bank levies, financial transactions tax, financial activities tax and sovereign bankruptcy regimes. That type of stuff.
I have previously supervised seven doctoral student through to successful completions.
Grants
ARC Discovery Grant, 2008-2010, "Debt-for-Development Exchanges as a Means to Enhance Regional Security"
ARC Discovery Grant, 2010-2013, "Regulatory Responses to the Global Financial Crisis: An Australian Perspective"
ACFID Latrobe Linkage Grant, 2010, "The Need for a Sovereign Bankruptcy Regime" (joint application with 'Act for Peace').