Lecturer

Contact Details

Email Address: c.hackett@qub.ac.uk
Telephone Direct Line: (+44) (0)28 9097 3864
Room 28.203 28 University Square

Degrees

LLB (Hons) QUB
LLM (QUB)
PhD (QUB)


Biography

Ciara joined QUB in August 2012, having previously taught at National University of Ireland Galway.  At NUI, Ciara taught Tort Law, Jurisprudence, Advanced Legal Research and Methods, Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility.   Her research explores a diverse range of issues in the areas of regulation, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility as well as legal theories of development.  She is currently engaged in a number of projects in the areas of Corporate Social Responsibility, Tort Law and Corporate Governance.

Teaching

Undergraduate
Tort
Contemporary Issues in the Law of Obligations

Research Interests

CSR, Corporate Governance, Leadership, Tort

 Publications

Articles

 Hackett, ‘The Rebirth of Dependence – offering an alternative understanding of financial crisis,’ (2014) 56 (2) International Journal of Law and Management (forthcoming)

 Hackett, ‘Government Laws, Regulations and Policies: Small Fish in a Big Pond,’ (2013) 2 (2) Journal of Law and Social Sciences

 Hackett and Connolly, ‘Privacy from Birth to Death and Beyond: European and American Perspectives,’ (2013) 10 (1) SCRIPT-ed

 Hackett, ‘Accountability for Responsibility: An assessment of the Transnational Capitalist Class’ role in driving a global CSR agenda,’ (2012) 27 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 188-201

 Hackett, ‘The grass is always greener: Reflecting on global disparity on Corporate Social Responsibility,’ (2011) 18 Commercial Law Practitioner 151 -157

 Hackett, ‘Dependency: An inhibitor to the Irish case for CSR’ (2010) 61 (2) Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 191-201

Chapters in Books

O’Mahony and Hackett, ‘The CRPD and the fusion of mental health and legal capacity legislation,’ in Quinn and O’Mahony (eds) The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Comparative Regional and Thematic Perspectives (Intersentia, 2014 (forthcoming))

 Hackett, ‘Responsible Leadership: Business Myth or Corporate Reality’ in Groshl et al (eds) Uncertainty, Diversity and the Common Good (Ashgate 2013)