Sean Brennan

Senior Lecturer

BA LLB LLM ANU
Director, Indigenous Legal Issues Project, Gilbert +Tobin Centre of Public Law

Contact details

Room:

322 Law Building

Phone:

9385 2334

E-mail:

s.brennan@unsw.edu.au

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Brief overview

After working as a judge's associate in the Federal Court, with various Aboriginal and other community organisations and in the Commonwealth Parliament’s research service, Sean joined the UNSW Faculty of Law in May 2002. Between 2002 and 2005 Sean was Director of the Treaty Project at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, an ARC-funded project investigating the public law implications of a treaty or treaty-like agreements between Indigenous peoples and Australian governments.

Together with project partners George Williams, Larissa Behrendt and Lisa Strelein, he co-authored the book Treaty (Federation Press, 2005). Sean continues his association with the Centre as the Director of the Indigenous Legal Issues Project. He teaches, writes and researches mainly in the areas of native title, land rights and other Indigenous legal issues as well as constitutional law. He is a co-author of Indigenous Legal Issues: Commentary and Materials (Thomson Reuters, 4th ed, 2009).

Courses taught

Areas of expertise

Constitutional law

Native title and land rights

Indigenous legal issues in general

Professional memberships and affiliations

Director, Indigenous Legal Issues Project, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law

Management Committee, Kingsford Legal Centre

Centre Associate, Indigenous Law Centre

Member Editorial Board, Australian Indigenous Law Review

Research supervision

Jackie Hartley (PhD)

Fiona Martin (PhD)

Yoges Subramaniam (PhD)

Leon Terrill (PhD)

Grants

2009 UNSW Faculty Research Grant, Legal Regulation of Alcohol and other Substances in Northern Territory Aboriginal Communities

2005 UNSW Faculty Research Grant, Contemporary native title issues.