After working 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, 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 is the co-author of 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.
Courses Taught
LAWS2140 LAWS2150 Federal Constitutional Law
LAWS2211 LAWS4212 LAWS4415
Research Interests
Indigenous legal issues, land rights and native title, constitutional law
Current Research Projects
Developments in native title and land rights Regulation of substance abuse in Aboriginal communities The just terms guarantee for the acquisition of property
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.
Journal Affiliations
Australian Indigenous Law Review, Member Editorial Board