By Dr Harry Orr Hobbs

Books

Hobbs H; Williams G, 2022, Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty, Cambridge University Press

Hobbs H; Williams G, 2022, How to Rule Your Own Country The Weird and Wonderful World of Micronations, NewSouth

Hobbs H, 2021, Indigenous Aspirations and Structural Reform in Australia, Bloomsbury Academic, http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781509940172

Williams G; Hobbs H, 2020, Treaty, Federation Press, https://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781760022396

Book Chapters

Roux T, 2025, 'Comparative Law', in Hobbs H; Patrick J (ed.), Beyond Doctrine: Alternative and Critical Approaches to Law, Federation Press, Australia, pp. 45 - 58

Hobbs H; Patrick J, 2025, 'Law Beyond Doctrine', in Hobbs H; Patrick J (ed.), Beyond Doctrine: Alternative and Critical Approaches to Law, Federation Press

Hutchinson T; Hobbs H, 2025, 'Qualitative Research Methods', in Hobbs H; Patrick J (ed.), Beyond Doctrine: Alternative and Critical Approaches to Law, Federation Press

Avgoustinos C; Hobbs H, 2025, 'Climate Change and Constitutional Law', in Dehm J; Graham N; Nay Z (ed.), Becoming a climate conscious lawyer: Climate change and the Australian legal system, La Trobe eBureau, https://oercollective.caul.edu.au/climate-conscious-lawyer/part/climate-change-and-constitutional-law/

Hobbs H; Patrick J, 2025, 'Introduction', in Hobbs H; Patrick J (ed.), Beyond Doctrine: Alternative and Critical Approaches to Law, Federation Press

Hobbs H; Young S; McIntyre J, 2025, 'Responding to Pseudolaw', in Hobbs H; Young S; McIntyre J (ed.), Pseudolaw and Sovereign Citizens, Hart, pp. 333 - 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781509978946.ch-016

Young S; Hobbs H; Goldwasser R, 2025, 'The Rise of Sovereign Citizen Pseudolaw in the United States of America', in Hobbs H; Young S; McIntyre J (ed.), Pseudolaw and Sovereign Citizens, Hart, pp. 95 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781509978946.ch-006

Hobbs H, 2025, 'Treaties and Modern Agreements with Indigenous Peoples', in Åhrén M; Charters C; Hohmann J; Lixinski L (ed.), Oxford Handbook on Indigenous Peoples and International Law, Oxford University Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192887658.013.22

Hobbs H; Young S; McIntyre J, 2025, 'Understanding Pseudolaw', in Hobbs H; Young S; McIntyre J (ed.), Pseudolaw and Sovereign Citizens, Hart, pp. 1 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781509978946.ch-001

Weller P; Hobbs H; Evans M; Dunleavy P, 2024, 'Situating Australian Democracy', in Evans M; Dunleavy P; Phillimore J (ed.), Australia’s Evolving Democracy: A New Democratic Audit, LSE Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.ada.a

Hobbs H, 2024, 'The Constitution', in Australia’s Evolving Democracy: A New Democratic Audit, LSE Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.ada.c

Dunleavy P; Evans M; Hobbs H; Weller P, 2024, 'Situating Australian democracy', in Evans M; Dunleavy P; Phillimore J (ed.), AUSTRALIA'S EVOLVING DEMOCRACY, LONDON SCH ECONOMICS & POLITICAL SCIENCE-LSE PRESS, pp. 33 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.ada.a

Pillai S; Hobbs H, 2023, 'Indigeneity and Membership in Australia After Love', in Politics of Citizenship and Migration, Springer Nature, pp. 157 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34358-2_8

Hobbs H, 2023, 'Mixed Composition in International Criminal Justice: History, Justifications and Challenges', in Cambridge Handbook of Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts, pp. 159 - 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781009106238.010

Hobbs H, 2023, 'Mixed Composition in International Criminal Justice: History, Rationale and Challenges', in Dziedzic A; Young S (ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts, Cambridge University Press, pp. 159 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781009106238

Hobbs H; Whittaker L; Coombes L, 2021, 'Introduction', in Hobbs H; Whittaker A; Coombes L (ed.), Treaty-Making 250 Years Later, pp. 1 - 15

Hobbs H, 2021, 'Self-Determination and Treaty-Making', in Castan M; Gerber P (ed.), Contemporary Perspectives on Human Rights Law in Australia, Thomson Reuters, pp. 353 - 372

Hobbs H; Young S, 2021, 'Treaty-Making: Critical Reflections on Critiques from Abroad', in Hobbs H; Whittaker A; Coombes L (ed.), Treaty-Making 250 Years Later, Federation Press, pp. 156 - 178

Hobbs H, 2020, 'Treaty making and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: lessons from emerging negotiations in Australia', in The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Taylor & Francis, pp. 173 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003035770-11

Hobbs H, 2020, 'Public Law, Legitimacy and Indigenous Aspirations', in Varuhas JNE; Stark SW (ed.), The Frontiers of Public Law, Bloomsbury Publishing Pty, pp. 227 - 253, https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/frontiers-of-public-law-9781509930371/

Golder B; Steel A; Nehme M; Vines P, 2019, 'Legal Education Research As an Imperative', in Imperatives for Legal Education Research Then, Now and Tomorrow, Routledge, pp. 3 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429426070

Williams G; Hobbs H, 2019, 'Trust and the Constitution', in Evans M; Grattan M; McCaffrie B (ed.), From Turnbull to Morrison: Understanding the Trust Divide, Melbourne University Publishing, pp. 75 - 92, https://www.amazon.com.au/Turnbull-Morrison-Understanding-Trust-Divide/dp/0522876137

Peleg N; Tobin J, 2019, 'Article 6: The Rights to Life, Survival and Development', in Tobin J (ed.), The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child A Commentary, Oxford University Press, pp. 186 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198262657.001.0001

Tobin J; Hobbs H, 2019, 'Article 37: Torture, Capital Punishment and Deprivation of Liberty', in The Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Commentary, Oxford University Press, pp. 1420 - 1502

Williams G; Hobbs H, 2017, 'Citizen Participation in Australia', in Mechanisms of Citizen Participation: The Global Experience, Tirant lo blanch, Spain, pp. 49 - 64

Edited Books

Hobbs H; Patrick J, (ed.), 2025, Beyond Doctrine: Alternative and Critical Approaches to Law, Federation Press

Hobbs H; Young S; McIntyre J, (eds.), 2025, Pseudolaw and Sovereign Citizens, Hart, https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/pseudolaw-and-sovereign-citizens-9781509978915/

Hobbs H; Whittaker A; Coombes L, (eds.), 2021, Treaty-Making 250 Years Later, Federation Press

Journal articles

Hobbs H; Taylor A, 2026, 'Quasi-Constitutionality and Indigenous-State Treaties in Australia', MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW, 48

Prehn J; Hobbs H; Horton J, 2026, 'Strengthening Treaty Understanding: The Role of Education in Building Durable Indigenous–State Agreements', Australian Journal of Social Issues, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.70100

Prehn J; Hobbs H, 2026, 'Treaty attitudes among parents and caregivers of indigenous families', Journal of Sociology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14407833261441914

Hobbs H, 2026, 'The Four Dimensions of an Indigenous-State Treaty', Public Law Review, 37

Lavery D; Hobbs H, 2026, 'The Present Judicial Burden of Justifying Past Dispossession: Thomas and Saik’uz First Nation v Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.', Public Law Review, 37

Hobbs H, 2026, 'The Role of Parliament in Indigenous-State Agreement-Making', The University of New South Wales law journal, 49, pp. 26 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.53637/wwyv8123

Kha H; Hobbs H, 2025, 'Pseudolaw and Family Law', Australian Law Journal, 99, pp. 713 - 723, https://anzlaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I97fb7d7eaf6e11f0a4bebd0082080ce1/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&VR=3.0&RS=cblt1.0

McIntyre J; Young S; Perrett M; Hobbs H, 2025, 'Pseudolaw Behind the Judgments: The Hidden Impact on the Administration of Justice', Australian Law Journal, 99

Young S; Hobbs H, 2025, 'Pseudolaw Beyond the Bar', Australian Law Journal, 99

Hobbs H, 2025, 'Indigenous Treaty-Making and Legal Pluralism in Australia', Legalities, 5, pp. 29 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/legal.2025.0090

Hobbs H, 2025, 'Anticipating and Weathering Challenges to Modern Treaties in Australia', Public Law Review, 35, https://anzlaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ifdd5e3d6f6a311efa9ef91927ad29135/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&VR=3.0&RS=cblt1.0

Hobbs H, 2025, 'CURRENT ISSUES IN AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, Vol 1', ALTERNATIVE LAW JOURNAL, 50, pp. 152 - 153

Young S; Hobbs H, 2025, 'INTERROGATING SOVEREIGN CITIZEN PSEUDOLAW', AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL, 99

Hobbs H, 2025, 'ISSUES IN AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, Vol 2', ALTERNATIVE LAW JOURNAL, 50, pp. 152 - 153

Hobbs H; Young S; Mcintyre J, 2025, 'Know Your Pseudolaw Adherent: Introduction to the Symposium', JOURNAL OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION, 34

Young S; Hobbs H, 2025, 'The Concerning Intersections of Sovereign Citizen and Indigenous Sovereignty Claims', The University of New South Wales law journal, 48, pp. 799 - 833, http://dx.doi.org/10.53637/qleu1639

Young S; Hobbs H, 2025, 'The Impact of Pseudolaw on Local Government', Public Law Review, 36

McIntyre J; Bray F; Perrett M; Hobbs H; Young S, 2025, 'The Quantitative Analysis of the Rise of Pseudolaw in South Australia', Adelaide Law Review, 46, pp. 439 - 475

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