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Benedict Sheehy

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Professor of Law, University of Canberra

Benedict is a highly qualified corporate law, CSR and regulatory specialist. He has published in top journals around the world and contributed to regulatory reform in both the national and international arenas. He has worked as a lawyer, a senior executive in addition to his academic role.

Experience

  • 2016–present
    Professor, Canberra Law School, University of Canberra
  • 2015–2015
    Chief executive officer, Software company
  • 2007–2014
    Senior lecturer/ Assoc Professor, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University
  • 2004–2007
    Lecturer, School of Law, University of Newcastle

Education

  • 2010 
    Australian National University, Doctor of Philosophy, Law
  • 2004 
    University of Queensland, Master of Laws
  • 2002 
    McMaster University, Master of Arts
  • 1994 
    University of Windsor, Bachelor of Laws
  • 1989 
    Wilfrid Laurier University, Master of Arts
  • 1986 
    EPBC, Bachelor of Theology

Publications

  • 2015
    Defining CSR: Problems and Solutions, Journal of Business Ethics
  • 2015
    See Google Scholar Profile,
  • 2015
    Designing Effective Regulation: A Positive Theory, UNSW Law Journal (vol 38:3)
  • 2015
    Designing Effective Regulation: A Normative Theory, UNSW Law Journal (vol 38:1)
  • 2015
    The Political Division of Regulatory Labour: A Legal Theory of Agency Selection., Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
  • 2014
    Anglo-American Directors Duties and CSR, Dalhousie Law Journal
  • 2012
    Re-thinking CSR: Private Self-Regulation” , Monash University Law Review
  • 2010
    Regulation by Markets and The Bradley Review of Australian Higher Education, Australian Universities Review
  • 2009
    Legal Control of the Private Military Corporation, Palgrave-Macmillan, Book with co-authors J. Maogoto and V. Newell
  • 2006
    Fundamentally Conflicting Views Of The Rule Of Law & Implications For the China-Australia Free Trade, Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business
  • 2006
    Corporate Militaries and States: Actors, Interactions and Reactions with V Newell, 41 Texas International Law Review 68-101
  • 2006
    Shareholders, Unicorns and Stilts: An Analysis of Shareholder Property Rights, 6 Journal of Corporate Law Studies 165-212.
  • 2005
    Scrooge–The Reluctant Stakeholder: Theoretical Problems in The Shareholder-Stakeholder Debate, 14 (1) University of Miami Business Law Review 193-241.
  • 2004
    Corporations And Social Costs: The Wal-Mart Case Study, 24(1) Journal of Law & Commerce 1-55
  • 2004
    Australia’s Eggleston Principles In Takeover Law: Social And Economic Sense?, 17(2) Australian Journal of Corporate Law 218-223.

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law

Research Areas

  • Law (1801)
  • Corporations And Associations Law (180109)
  • Commercial And Contract Law (180105)
  • Law And Society (180119)
  • Legal Theory, Jurisprudence And Legal Interpretation (180122)
  • Legal Practice, Lawyering And The Legal Profession (180121)