S M Solaiman

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Solaiman has over 30 years of legal teaching and research experience at the university level both in Australia and Bangladesh. He started teaching as a Lecturer in Law in 1990 at Islamic University, Bangladesh, where he was gradually promoted to the position of Professor of Law in recognition of his academic attainments. He also worked at American International University Bangladesh as Professor of Business Law.Prior to joining the University of Wollongong in 2005 as a Lecturer in Law, he was working as a Lecturer in Business Law at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia, where he took up the ongoing position in January 2004.During his tenure at Islamic University, Solaiman acted as Dean of the Faculty of Law, Chairman of the Department of Law, and Provost of a Student Dormitory quite apart from his regular academic assignments.Solaiman’s main areas of research interest are securities regulation, corporate law, criminal law, business law, Asian law, and food safety law. He is a keen researcher, which is evident from his extensive publications of two book chapters and 54 journal articles in various national and international journals in the United States, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Australia and Asia on diverse areas of law predominantly in the corporate law and criminal law areas. He has also presented 51 papers at various national and international seminars and conferences in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia. His research outputs have been extensively cited in the research publications of 27 countries-mostly in the UK, the USA, Australia and Europe. Before becoming a legal academic, Solaiman worked as a practicing lawyer in Bangladesh, a common law jurisdiction, for a short period. He obtained 11 research grants for various projects.Solaiman had been a visiting scholar at the School of Law: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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$Research paper thumbnail of Decriminalisation of Directors\u27 Duty of Care: Part 1: A View Through the Lens of Criminalisation$

Decriminalisation of Directors\u27 Duty of Care: Part 1: A View Through the Lens of Criminalisation

Central to all duties of directors is the duty of care, skill and diligence (duty of care) which ... more Central to all duties of directors is the duty of care, skill and diligence (duty of care) which has been engrained in corporate governance since the emergence of business organisations. 1 Corporations have pervaded almost every aspect of our life one way or another, and some of them have now become too big to fail-also too powerful to be regulated. Directors have been given enormous powers to manage and direct the management of the company with corresponding duties to exercise their authorities with due care, skill and diligence, primarily in the best interest of the company. This duty is important because the company is financed, operated and kept alive by other stakeholders such as investors, employees and consumers. A breach of any directorial duties may give rise to litigation which is generally categorised as civil (common pleas) and criminal (pleas of the state or Crown). Any liability imposed by law attached to a breach of legal prohibition inherently contains a deterrent ef...

Fighting against black money by offering amnesty for economic development in Bangladesh: a stigma can never be a beauty spot

Black money is a global concern. However, black money has disproportionately affected Bangladesh.... more Black money is a global concern. However, black money has disproportionately affected Bangladesh. To combat the proliferation of black money in the country, successive governments of Bangladesh have offered amnesties to black money holders (BMHs) in contravention of the national Constitution, legislation, and international conventions. Nonetheless, responses to such incentives have been notably poor, mainly because the wrongdoers do not fear the superficial threat of law enforcement. This article examines the BMHs’ responses to amnesties so far and explains the substantial harm caused by such discriminatory favors, including increases in corruption, the price of real estate, money laundering, deposits by Bangladeshis in Swiss banks, defaulted bank loans, and capital flights. To address these problems, this article makes several recommendations, including discontinuing amnesties, placing checks and controls on corruption, strengthening watchdog and law enforcement agencies, incentivi...

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