Bryan Mercurio is a Senior Lecturer at The University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law, Director of the International Trade and Development Project at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and a Fellow of the Tim Fischer Centre for Global Trade & Finance. Bryan is widely published and a frequent commentator and speaker on a range international trade law (from dispute settlement, the development and impact of free trade agreements, and international intellectual property and public health) and public law (such as voting technologies and free & fair elections) issues. Bryan’s work and submissions have been cited with approval by Australian courts (including the High Court) and several Australian Parliamentary Committees. Bryan’s most recent book is WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding: A Detailed Interpretation (London: Kluwer Law International, 2005) (with Yang Guohua and Li Yongjie). Bryan has held visiting positions at the Center for International and Comparative Law at St. Louis University School of Law, The George Washington University Law School, the Institute for International Economic Law at the Georgetown University Law Center and at the National University of Singapore.
Prior to joining the faculty, Bryan worked in both the public and private sector and has practiced international commercial law and international trade law in the United States and Australia. More recently, Bryan has advised Members of both the Australian and New Zealand parliament on international trade law matters and has been a consultant on, among other issues, the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement.
Courses Taught
LAWS2140 Public Law LAWS2084 International Trade Law LAWS4021 Issues in Intellectual Property LAWS9993 International Business Transactions
Research Interests
Public law , International trade law , Intellectual property, International business transactions
Current Research Projects
Electoral law The law of the WTO The globalisation of intellectual property
Service to Discipline and the Profession
Research Associate, Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre Fellow of the Tim Fischer Centre for Global Trade and Finance