Globalisation in Transition (PDF)

Dr Umair Ghori (LLB (Hons), LLM, PhD) is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Bond University, with a background in corporate law practice. He researches in the field of international trade, business and investment law with a focus on exploring regulatory issues from a policy perspective and from the perspective of developing countries. Dr Ghori's work has been published in well-regarded journals and edited volumes in Australia, Asia and the UK. His monograph, Global Textiles and Clothing Trade (Kluwer Law International, 2012), is the leading text examining international trade policy in textiles and clothing trade. Dr Ghori's current research explores the use of export controls and its overlaps with various aspects of international economic law such as indirect expropriation and the role of social licences to operate. In addition to research, Dr Ghori teaches Contract Law and International Trade and Business Law at Bond University and acts as Academic Supervisor in the Bond Law Clinic. He is the recipient of the Stanley Shaw Prize for Teaching Excellence and has also served as Editor of the Bond Law Review from 2014 to 2018.



Prof Mary Hiscock AM is now Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Law at Bond University, after many years teaching at Bond University and at the University of Melbourne, interspersed with visiting appointments in Europe, Asia and North America. Her fields are contract and international commercial and comparative laws. Professor Hiscock has represented Australia on a number of occasions at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). She was for many years Expert Adviser to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Consultant to the Asian Development Bank. She continues to be Member of the Editorial Boards of the Australian Journal of Asian Law and of the Melbourne Journal of International Law. She is immediate past Chair of the International Law Section of the Law Council of Australia