Researcher

Dr Leon Terrill

My Expertise

Aboriginal land rights, native title, Indigenous land tenure reform, township leasing, remote home ownership, economic development on Indigenous land

Keywords

indigenous land rights

Fields of Research (FoR)

Property law (excl. intellectual property law), Housing markets, development and management, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, society and community, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the law

Biography

Dr Leon Terrill is Director of JD Studies in the Faculty of Law & Justice. He has presented and published broadly on Indigenous land rights, native title, land tenure reform, property theory and remote Indigenous housing. His publications include Beyond Communal and Individual Ownership: Indigenous Land Reform in Australia (Routledge) and Native Title from Mabo to Akiba (Federation Press), and he is a contributing author to Sackville and...view more

Dr Leon Terrill is Director of JD Studies in the Faculty of Law & Justice. He has presented and published broadly on Indigenous land rights, native title, land tenure reform, property theory and remote Indigenous housing. His publications include Beyond Communal and Individual Ownership: Indigenous Land Reform in Australia (Routledge) and Native Title from Mabo to Akiba (Federation Press), and he is a contributing author to Sackville and Neave: Australian Property Law (LexisNexis). Leon teaches Land Law, Principles of Private Law, Legal Research and Writing, Native Title Law, Policy and Practice and Pacific Island Laws. Prior to joining UNSW, Leon worked as a senior lawyer with the Central Land Council.