The University of Western Australia

Professor Simon Young

Professor
Law School

Contact details

Address

Law School
The University of Western Australia (M253)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 2959

Fax

6488 1045

Email

simon.young@uwa.edu.au

Location

Room 2.18, Law Building, Crawley campus

Qualifications

BA LLB Qld, AMusA LLM Qld UT, PhD W.Aust.

Biography

Simon Young joined the UWA Law Faculty in 2005 after working for four years with a national law firm and eight years with the Queensland University of Technology. He specialises in public law (particularly administrative law) and Indigenous law and policy (particularly native title). He has published books in these fields in 1997, 2001, 2007 and 2008, and his articles have appeared in Australian, Canadian and UK journals. He completed his PhD on comparative native title in 2005, and was awarded the Robert Street Prize for the UWA thesis across all disciplines making the most outstanding contribution to its field. He teaches undergraduate and Masters units at UWA and QUT, and at UWA has received student and Faculty teaching awards. He has conducted legal seminars for (and/or consulted to) various federal and state government agencies (including the Canadian Dept of Justice), non-government organisations, judges, law firms, barristers and journalists.

Key research

Administrative Law and government integrity

Native Title Law

Comparative Native Title Law

Indigenous Law and Policy

Aspects of Constitutional Law

Publications

Simon's major legal publications include:
• Simon Young, The Trouble with Tradition: Native Title and Cultural Change (Federation Press, Syd, 2008)
• WB Lane and Simon Young, Administrative Law in Australia (Thomson Lawbook Co, Syd, 2007)
• WB Lane and Simon Young, Administrative Law in Queensland (Lawbook Co, Syd, 2001)
• B Horrigan and Simon Young (eds), Commercial Implications of Native Title (Federation Press, Leich, 1997)

Roles, responsibilities and expertise

Simon is a Professor (lvl D) in Law, an observer on the University Research Committee, and a member of the Law Faculty Research and Honours Committees. He is a Law Faculty contact for the 'Aurora' national student placement scheme, the 'Aspire UWA' high schools program and the WA Ombudsman Clerkship scheme.

Teaching

Simon teaches principally in the fields of Administrative Law and Indigenous law and policy. He also periodically teaches in specific areas of Constitutional Law and Property Law.

Research profile

Research profile and publications