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Dr Leon Terrill

Dr Leon Terrill

Senior Lecturer

BA, LLB (Hons) (Melb)

PhD (糖心logo)

Law & Justice
School of Private & Commercial Law

Dr Leon Terrill is Director of Online Programs 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听Beyond Communal and Individual Ownership: Indigenous Land Reform in Australia听(Routledge) and听Native Title from Mabo to Akiba听(Federation Press), and he is a contributing author to听Sackville and Neave: Australian Property Law (LexisNexis). Leon teaches Land Law, Principles of Private Law,听Legal Research and Writing, Native Title Law, Policy and Practice and Pacific Island Laws. Prior to joining 糖心logo, Leon worked as a senior lawyer with the Central Land Council.听
Phone
+61 2 9065 1395
E-mail
leon.terrill@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 339 The Law Building University of New South Wales 糖心logo Kensington Campus Sydney NSW 2052 Australia (Access via Gate 2 off High Street)
  • Books | 2021
    Edgeworth B; Terrill L, 2021, Sackville and Neave: Australian Property Law, 11th ed, LexisNexis, Sydney, 2021, LexisNexis, Sydney, Australia,
    Books | 2020
    Edgeworth B; Rossiter C; O'Connor P; GODWIN A; Terrill L, 2020, SACKVILLE & NEAVE AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY LAW, 11TH EDITION.,
    Books | 2015
    Terrill L, 2015, Beyond Communal and Individual Ownership Indigenous Land Reform in Australia, Routledge
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Terrill L, 2024, 'Property theory鈥檚 neglect of non-private property', in Research Handbook on Property, Law and Theory, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 231 - 246,
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Terrill L, 2022, 'Property and the regulation of houses in communities on Indigenous land', in Graham N; Davies M; Godden L (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Property, Law and Society, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, England, pp. 190 - 202,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Terrill LM, 2017, 'Change from the Ground Up: The Intervention and Aboriginal Land Reform', in Baehr E; Schmidt-Haberkamp B (ed.), 'and There'll Be NO Dancing' Perspectives on Policies Impacting Indigenous Australia Since 2007, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 128 - 144,
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Terrill LM, 2016, 'Neoliberal rhetoric and guardian state outcomes in Aboriginal land reform', in Sanders W (ed.), Engaging Indigenous Economy: Debating Diverse Approaches, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 193 - 203,
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Brennan S; Davis M; Edgeworth B; Terrill L, 2015, 'The Idea of Native Title as a Vehicle for Change and Empowerment', in Brennan S; Davis M; Edgeworth B; Terrill L (ed.), Native Title from Mabo to Akiba A Vehicle for Change and Empowerment?, pp. 2 - 13
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Terrill LM, 2015, 'Hernando de Soto and Empowerment through Land Tenure Reform'', in Brennan S; Davis M; Terrill L; Edgeworth B (ed.), Native Title from Mabo to Akiba: A Vehicle for Change and Empowerment?, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 213 - 228
  • Edited Books | 2015
    Brennan S; Davis MJ; Edgeworth B; Terrill L, (eds.), 2015, Native Title from Mabo to Akiba: A Vehicle for Change and Empowerment?, Federation Press,
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Terrill L, 2023, 'Crown Leases and the Extinguishment of Native Title', Australian Law Journal, 97, pp. 227 - 230,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Terrill L; Boutilier S, 2019, 'Indigenous land tenure reform, self-determination, and economic development: comparing Canada and Australia', University of Western Australia Law Review, 45, pp. 34 - 70,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Sherry C; Terrill L; Laurens J; Laurens E, 2018, '(Re)introducing a Closed Book Exam in Law', Legal Education Review, 28, pp. 1 - 27,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Terrill L, 2017, 'Township Leases and Economic Development in Northern Territory Aboriginal Communities', Monash University Law Review, 43, pp. 463 - 491,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Terrill LM, 2017, 'Two New Township Leases on Aboriginal Land in the Northern Territory', Australian Law Journal, 91, pp. 370 - 374,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Terrill LM, 2015, 'Converting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land in Queensland into Ordinary Freehold', The Sydney Law Review, 37, pp. 519 - 519
    Journal articles | 2015
    Terrill LM, 2015, 'The language we use to debate Aboriginal land reform in Australia', Australian Indigenous Law Review, 18, pp. 24 - 43
    Journal articles | 2013
    Terrill LM, 2013, 'What price to pay? Home ownership on Aboriginal Land in the Northern Territory', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 8, pp. 12 - 16
    Journal articles | 2011
    Terrill L, 2011, 'Five years on: Confusion, illusion and township leasing on Aboriginal land', Property Law Review, 1, pp. 160 - 178,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Terrill LM, 2010, 'Indigenous Land Reform: An Economic or Bureaucratic Reform?', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 7
    Journal articles | 2009
    Terrill LM, 2009, 'The Days of the Failed Collective: Communal Ownership, Individual Ownership and Township Leasing in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory', University of New South Wales Law Journal
  • Theses / Dissertations | 2013
    Terrill LM, 2013, Beyond communal and individual ownership: demystifying Aboriginal land reform in the Northern Territory, University of New South Wales, 糖心logo
    Reports | 2012
    Terrill LM, 2012, Submission number 269 to Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs, Inquiry into the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Bill 2011 and two related bills, Australia

My Teaching

Principles of Private Law

Land Law

Native Title Law, Policy and Practice

Legal Research and Writing

Pacific Islands Laws (USP)

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