By Professor Mimi Zou

Books

Zou M, 2020, Chinese Contract Law and the 2020 Civil Code

Zou M, 2018, An Introduction to Chinese Contract Law

Book Chapters

Godwin A; Maume P; Jon W; Zou M; Remolina N, 2025, 'Global Regulatory Approaches', in Hunn P; Grant Allen J (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Digital Assets and the Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford

Lefley E; Zou M, 2025, 'AI in the Courtroom: The Right to a Human Judge?', in Durante M; Pagallo U; Paseri L (ed.), De Gruyter Handbook - Law and Digital Technologies, De Gruyter

Zou M; Lefley E, 2025, 'Generative AI and Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights: the right to a human judge?', in Zou M; Ebers M; Poncibo C; Calo R (ed.), Cambridge Handbook of Generative AI and the Law, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, https://www.cambridge.org/au/universitypress/subjects/law/e-commerce-law/cambridge-handbook-generative-ai-and-law?format=HB

Zhang L; Zou M, 2025, 'Navigating China's Regulatory Approach to Generative AI', in The Cambridge Handbook of Generative AI and the Law, Cambridge University Press, https://www.cambridge.org/au/universitypress/subjects/law/e-commerce-law/cambridge-handbook-generative-ai-and-law?format=HB

Zou M; Nwaugbala G, 2025, 'Corporate Social Responsibility and Decent Work in China: the Influence of EU and International Norms', in Burnay M; Timoteo M; Li B (ed.), Internationalisation of EU Law and EU-China Relations, Routledge

Zou M, 2023, 'Revisiting the Ethics of Temporary Labour Migration Programmes: The Role of Exit in Migrant Work Relations', in Ryan B; Zahn R (ed.), Migrant Labour and the Reshaping of Employment Law, Hart, pp. 279 - 279, https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/migrant-labour-and-the-reshaping-of-employment-law-9781509919147/

Zou M, 2022, 'When AI meets Smart Contracts: Regulating Hyper-autonomous Contracting', in Ebers M; Poncibò C; Zou M (ed.), Contracting and Contract Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Hart, https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/contracting-and-contract-law-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence-9781509950683/

Zou M; Liu H, 2021, 'Penalty in the Contract of Employment: The Good, the Bad (Leavers) and the Ugly', in Punishment and Private Law, pp. 375 - 394

Zou M, 2020, 'Virtual Justice in the Time of COVID-19', in Eidenmüller H; Enriques L; Helleringer G; van Zwieten K (ed.), COVID-19 and Business Law, Bloomsbury Publishing, https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/covid19-and-business-law-9781509944736/

Zou M, 2019, 'Innovation without Authorisation? The Regulatory Black Box of Cryptocurrencies in China', in Aggarwal N; Eidenmüller H; Enriques L; Payne J; van Zwieten K (ed.), Autonomous Systems and the Law, Nomos/ C H Beck

Zou M, 2018, 'Regulating child labour in China: A historical perspective of internal child migration', in Protecting Migrant Children in Search of Best Practice, pp. 219 - 235

Zou M, 2018, 'Collective Bargaining and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions: A Game Changer in Governing Chinese Workplaces?', in Hendrickx F; De Stefano V (ed.), Game Changers in Labour Law: Shaping the Future of Work, Kluwer Law International, https://law-store.wolterskluwer.com/s/product/game-changers-in-labour-law-shaping-the-future-of-work/01t0f00000J3l66AAB

Zou M, 2017, 'Occupational Safety and Health Laws in China: Towards an Integrated Framework?', in Addabbo T; Ales E; Curzi Y; Senatori I (ed.), Well-being at and through Work, G. Giappichelli Editore, pp. 99 - 120, https://www.giappichelli.it/well-being-at-and-through-work-9788892107403

Zou M; Pan X; Han S, 2017, 'Regulating collective labour disputes in China: A tale of two actors', in Mediation in Contemporary China Continuity and Change, Wildy, Simmonds and Hill, https://www.wildy.com/isbn/9780854902248/mediation-in-contemporary-china-continuity-and-change-hardback-wildy-simmonds-and-hill-publishing

Zou M, 2017, 'Regulating the Fissured Workplace: The Notion of the Employer in Chinese Employment Law', in Nakakubo H; Araki T (ed.), The Notion of Employer in the Era of the Fissured Workplace, Kluwer Law International, https://law-store.wolterskluwer.com/s/product/notion-of-employer-in-the-era-of-fissured-workplace/01t0f00000J3aVPAAZ

Zou M, 2017, 'Migrant precarity under China's new immigration law regime', in Studies in Critical Social Sciences, pp. 160 - 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004329706_009

Zou M, 2016, 'Employer Demand for 'Skilled' Migrant Workers: Regulating Admission Under the United Kingdom's Tier 2 (General) Visa', in Temporary Labour Migration in the Global Era The Regulatory Challenges, Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 113 - 130, https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/temporary-labour-migration-in-the-global-era-9781509906291/

Zou M, 2016, 'Labour standards along the “One Belt One Road”', in Legal Dimensions of China's Belt and Road Initiative, Wolters Kluwer, pp. 357 - 392, https://www.pbookshop.com/legal-dimensions-of-china-s-belt-and-road-initiative-9789887741206.html

Korff VP; Zou M; Zwart T; Wittek R, 2016, 'RATIONALITY AND SOCIETY', in Movements for Human Rights Locally and Globally, pp. 62 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315511856-11

Zou M, 2015, 'The Legal Construction of Precarious Migrant Work Relations: A Study of Australia’s 457-visa Scheme', in Pilati M; Sheikh H; Sperotti F; Tilly C (ed.), How Global Migration Changes the Workforce Diversity Equation, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 451 - 481, https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-4438-7438-0

Zou M, 2015, 'Hyper-Dependence and Hyper-Precarity in Migrant Work Relations', in Labour And Social Rights. An Evolving Scenario Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference in Commemoration of Marco Biagi, G Giappichelli Editore, pp. 451 - 481, https://giappichelli-usa.com/labour-and-social-rights-an-evolving-scenario-e-pub-9788834859292

Korff VP; Zou M; Zwart T; Wittek R, 2015, 'Rationality and society', in Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights, pp. 290 - 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315634227

Zou M, 2014, 'The Evolution of Collective Labour Law with ‘Chinese Characteristics’? ‘Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones?’', in Blanpaint R; Liukkunen U; Chen Y (ed.), China and ILO Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, Kluwer Law International, https://law-store.wolterskluwer.com/s/product/china-ilo-fundamental-principles-and-rights-at-work/01t0f00000J3aNEAAZ

Zou M; Lansbury RD, 2013, 'Multinational corporations and employment relations in the People's Republic of China: the case of Beijing Hyundai Motor Company', in 'Making Sense' of Human Resource Management in China, Routledge, pp. 181 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315875392-9

McGrath-Champ S; Zou M; Taylor L, 2012, 'Exploring new frontiers in an internationalised classroom: Team-based learning and reflective journals as innovative learning strategies', in Cross Cultural Teaching and Learning for Home and International Students Internationalisation of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Education, pp. 27 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203098035

Zou M; Zwart T, 2011, 'Rethinking human rights in China: Towards a receptor framework', in Human Rights in the Asia Pacific Region Towards Institution Building, pp. 249 - 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203815724-24

Zou M; Zwart T, 2011, 'Rethinking human rights in China: Towards a receptor framework', in Human Rights in the Asia Pacific Region Towards Institution Building, pp. 249 - 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203817315

Edited Books

Zou M; Ebers M; Poncibò C; Calo R, (eds.), 2025, The Cambridge Handbook of Generative AI and the Law, Cambridge University Press, https://www.cambridge.org/au/universitypress/subjects/law/e-commerce-law/cambridge-handbook-generative-ai-and-law?format=HB

Ebers M; Poncibò C; Zou M, (eds.), 2022, Contracting and Contract Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Hart / Bloomsbury Publishing, https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/contracting-and-contract-law-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence-9781509950683/

Journal articles

Cheong M; Zou M, 2025, 'Resolving Wrongs in Algorithmic Contracting: Applications of the Doctrines of Unconscionability', The University of New South Wales Law Journal, 48(4)

Wang Y; Zou M, 2025, 'Platform Fissurisation and Regulatory Challenges in China’s Gig Economy: The Case of Food Delivery Platform Work', China: An International Journal, 23, pp. 1 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.56159/chn.2025.a953050

Zou M; Zhang L, 2025, 'Navigating China’s regulatory approach to generative artificial intelligence and large language models', Cambridge Forum on AI Law and Governance, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cfl.2024.4

Zivkovic P; McCurdy D; Zou M; Raymond A, 2023, 'Mind the gap: Tech-based dispute resolution for disputes in global supply blockchains', Business Horizons, 66, pp. 13 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2021.10.008

Wang Y; Zou M; Wu Z, 2022, 'Force majeure and Covid-19: A Critical Assessment of Key Issues under the Chinese Civil Code', Journal of Contract Law, 38, pp. 61 - 78, https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/agispt.20221004075290

Bogojević S; Zou M, 2021, 'Making Infrastructure 'Visible' in Environmental Law: The Belt and Road Initiative and Climate Change Friction', Transnational Environmental Law, 10, pp. 35 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2047102520000278

Zou M, 2020, 'An Empirical Study of Reforming Commercial Arbitration in China', Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal, 20, pp. 281 - 290, https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/drlj/vol20/iss3/3

Zou M, 2020, 'Smart Courts in China and the Future of Personal Injury Litigation', Journal of Personal Injury Law

Zou M, 2020, 'Code, and other laws of blockchain', Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 40, pp. 645 - 665, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqaa018

Zou M, 2019, 'China and The Belt and Road Initiative: Transnational Labor Law Under State Capitalism 4.0', American Journal of International Law Unbound, pp. 418 - 423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aju.2019.76

Zou M; Leung K, 2019, 'Regulating Working Hours in Hong Kong: Towards Temporal Autonomy', Hong Kong Law Journal, 49, pp. 1 - 28, https://web.law.hku.hk/hklj/2019-Vol-49.php

Zou M, 2018, 'Economic Development and the Social Rights Hypothesis: Regulating Labour Standards in China', Asian Journal of Law and Society, 5, pp. 315 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/als.2018.29

Zou M; An Y, 2018, 'An Assessment of Advance Directives in China: The Coming of Age for Legal Regulation', Marquette Benefits and Social Welfare Law Review, 20, pp. 1 - 24, https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/benefits/vol20/iss1/2/

Zou M, 2018, 'Social Media and Privacy in the Chinese Workplace: Why One Should Not “Friend” Their Employer on WeChat', Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 39, pp. 389 - 420, https://cllpj.law.illinois.edu/archive/vol_39/

Zou M, 2018, 'Pour une refonte des programmes pour les travailleurs migrants temporaires', Revue de droit comparé du travail et de la sécurité sociale, pp. 18 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/rdctss.1972

Zou M, 2018, 'International and Comparative Employment Relations: National Regulation, Global Challenges', INDUSTRIAL LAW JOURNAL, 47, pp. 583 - 585, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/indlaw/dwy020

Zou M, 2017, 'Towards exit and voice: Redesigning temporary migrant workers' programmes', Lavoro E Diritto, 31, pp. 91 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1441/86321

Zou M; Chan S, 2017, 'Understanding Employment Discrimination Litigation in China through the Notion of Rights Apathy', Marquette Benefit & Social Welfare Law Review, 18, pp. 141 - 164, https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/benefits/vol18/iss1/4/

Zou M, 2017, 'The regulatory challenges of 'Uberization' in China: Classifying ride-hailing drivers', International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, 33, pp. 269 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/ijcl2017012

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