Brett is a legal scholar and historian who joined the Faculty of Law in 2018. He holds an LLB (Honours I), BA and PhD from the University of Wollongong. His research interests lie primarily in the political economy of law. In particular, his work focuses upon how the functions and development of law are tied to the historical evolution of the capitalist mode of production. His bookRegulation Theory and Australian Capitalism: Rethinking Social Justice and Labour Law(Rowman and Littlefield International, 2017) combines Marxist jurisprudence and regulation theory to understand the place of labour law within the architecture of post-World War II Australian capitalism. He has also published articles on trading hours legislation, occupational health and safety, trade union mobilisation and literary theory.