Pushing against globalisation: Understanding how state and non-state actors in socialist transforming East Asia shape global laws and regulations. Improving trade and investment with China and Vietnam is among Australia's foreign affairs and trade priorities. The predictive model will assist Australian policy makers and business investors/exporters to understand how China and Vietnam are likely to deal with transnational treaty obligations such as the World Trade Organisation and bilateral trade ....Pushing against globalisation: Understanding how state and non-state actors in socialist transforming East Asia shape global laws and regulations. Improving trade and investment with China and Vietnam is among Australia's foreign affairs and trade priorities. The predictive model will assist Australian policy makers and business investors/exporters to understand how China and Vietnam are likely to deal with transnational treaty obligations such as the World Trade Organisation and bilateral trade agreements. The project will shed light on domestic resistance to legal globalisation-an inquiry that has been overlooked by existing research. It will also inform important theoretical debates about the role non-state actors play in shaping the regulatory environment in the world's most dynamic economies and improve postgraduate research and teaching programs.Read moreRead less
Understanding regulatory networks: Assessing the relevance of the 'rule of law' to business regulation in Vietnam. Consistent with Research Priority 4, the project will assist Australian policy makers and business investors/exporters to understand why market laws frequently produce fragmentation and instability in developing East Asia. It will also inform important theoretical debates about the relative influence of law, social norms, ethno-religious orientations and sentiment in forming regulat ....Understanding regulatory networks: Assessing the relevance of the 'rule of law' to business regulation in Vietnam. Consistent with Research Priority 4, the project will assist Australian policy makers and business investors/exporters to understand why market laws frequently produce fragmentation and instability in developing East Asia. It will also inform important theoretical debates about the relative influence of law, social norms, ethno-religious orientations and sentiment in forming regulatory networks that augment and rival state power. The project will strengthen linkages between Australian and Asian universities and research institutions and improve post-graduate research and teaching programs.Read moreRead less