Professor Andrew Stewart

Biography/ Background

Andrew Stewart is the John Bray Professor of Law at the University of Adelaide, and also works for the law firm Piper Alderman as a Legal Consultant. An Oxford law graduate, he held positions at the Universities of Adelaide and Sydney before moving to Flinders University in 1991 to help establish a law programme there. In 1994 he was appointed to a chair. During his time at Flinders he served as Dean of Law, as Convenor of the Committee of Australian Law Deans, as President of the Australasian Law Teachers Association, and as President of the Industrial Relations Society of South Australia. He took up his current position in January 2008.

Andrew's main interests lie in employment law and workplace relations, contract law and intellectual property. He has written leading textbooks in the areas of labour law and intellectual property, as well as numerous articles for Australian and international journals. His most recent book is Stewart's Guide to Employment Law, published by Federation Press.

Besides working with Piper Alderman, Andrew has provided expert advice to the International Labour Organisation, to Federal and State governments in Australia, to the Auditor-General of South Australia and to a wide range of other organisations. He has played a prominent role in the public debate over the Work Choices legislation, and has spoken and written widely about its implications for businesses, workers and unions.

Teaching Interests

Employment/workplace law
Contracts

Professional Associations

National Tertiary Education Union

Australasian Law Teachers Association (President, 1995-96)

Research Associate, National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University

Industrial Relations Society of South Australia (President, 2001-03)

International Industrial Relations Association

Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand Australian Labour Law Association (National Committee member, 2007-)

International Centre for Trade Union Rights, Australian National Committee Associate, Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, University of Melbourne

Overseas Correspondent, Committee on International Studies of the National Academy of Arbitrators (North America)

Law Society of South Australia

Qualifications

BA (Hons) in Jurisprudence, BCL (Oxon)

Research Interests

Employment law and workplace relations
Contract law
Intellectual property

Publications

Recent publications include:

BOOKS
Stewart's Guide to Employment Law, Federation Press, Sydney, 2008

Understanding Independent Contractors (with Piper Alderman), CCH Australia, Sydney, 2007

Work Choices: What the High Court Said (with George Williams), Federation Press, Sydney, 2007

Labour Law (with Breen Creighton), 4th ed, Federation Press, Sydney, 2005

Intellectual Property in Australia (with Jill McKeough and Philip Griffith), Butterworths, Sydney, 2004

BOOK CHAPTERS
"Annual Review 2006-2007" (with Elizabeth Priest) in Workplace Relations Legislation Annual 2007, Thomson, Sydney, 2007

Chapters on "Sources of Labour Law", "Coverage of Federal, State and Territory Laws", "Awards" and "Agreements" (with Piper Alderman) in Australian Master Workplace Relations Guide: The Work Choices Edition, CCH Australia, Sydney, 2nd ed, 2007

"Good Faith and Fair Dealing at Work" in C Arup et al (eds), Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation, Federation Press, Sydney, 2006

"Labour Market Reform in a Federal System: Making the Best of a Flawed Framework" in Productivity Commission, Productive Reform in a Federal System, Productivity Commission, Canberra, 2006

"Illegality and Public Policy" in JLR Davis (ed), Contract: General Principles, Law Book Co, Sydney, 2006

"Passing Off" (with Jennifer Ireland) in Halsbury's Laws of Australia, Butterworths, Sydney, vol 15, Intellectual Property, Pt V, 2001

"Employment Law" in T Blackshield, M Coper and G Williams (eds), Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia, OUP, Melbourne, 2001

ARTICLES
"Good Faith in Superannuation: Where Does it End?" (2007) 35 Australian Business Law Review 204

"Work Choices in Overview: Big Bang or Slow Burn?" (2006) 16(2) Economic and Labour Relations Review 25

"A Simple Plan for Reform? The Problem of Complexity in Workplace Regulation" (2005) 31 Australian Bulletin of Labour 210

"The AIRC's Evolving Role in Policing Bargaining" (2004) 17 Australian Journal of Labour Law 245

"When is an Agreement Not a Contract? The Uncertain Status of Heads of Agreement and Other Preliminary Arrangements" (with Jane Knowler) (2004) 18(2) Commercial Law Quarterly 21

"The High Court and Contract Law in the New Millennium" (with John Carter) (2003) 6 Flinders Journal of Law Reform 185

"The Impact of Electronic Technology on Workplace Disputes in Australia" (with Ronald McCallum) (2002) 21 Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal 19

"Redefining Employment? Meeting the Challenge of Contract and Agency Labour" (2002) 15 Australian Journal of Labour Law 235

"Interpretation, Good Faith and the 'True Meaning' of Contracts: The Royal Botanic Decision" (with John Carter) (2002) 18 Journal of Contract Law 182

"Federal Labour Law and New Uses for the Corporations Power" (2002) 14 Australian Journal of Labour Law 145

Expertise for Media Contact

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Entry last updated: Sunday, 31 Aug 2008