Janet Austin
BCom (UNSW), LLB (UNSW), LLM (Sydney), joined the Faculty in 2010 as an Assistant Professor.
She teaches Securities Law, Criminal Law and Corporate Crime. She is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School examining the enforcement of transnational violations of securities laws, in particular insider trading and stock market manipulation.
Prior to joining UNB Janet was a Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and spent many years as a senior prosecutor at Australia’s federal prosecution service, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, where she conducted significant prosecutions for white collar crime. During her career Janet has also practiced as a lawyer for Australia’s corporate and securities regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, and for private commercial law firms.
Her research interests include corporate and white collar crime and its enforcement encompassing fraud/dishonesty offences, stock market offences and the role of securities regulators.
Recent Publications:
- J Austin "IOSCO's Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Consultation and Cooperation and the Exchange of Information – A model for international regulatory convergence" (2012) 23(4) Crim.L.F. 393.
- J Austin “When does sharp business practice cross the line to become dishonest conduct?” (2010) 29(2) UQLJ 263.
- J Austin “Government to the Rescue: ASIC takes the Reins of the Stock Market” (2010) 28 C&SLJ 444.
- J Austin “A Rapid Response to Questionable Trading – moving towards better enforcement of Australia’s securities laws” (2009) 27 C&SLJ 1.
- J Harris, A Hargovan and J Austin “Shareholder Primacy Revisited: does the public interest have any role in statutory duties?” (2008) 26 C&SLJ 355.
- J Austin “Does the Westpoint litigation signal a revival of the ASIC s 50 class action?” (2008) 22(1) Aust JCL 8.
