Dr Leon Terrill

Senior Lecturer

BA, LLB (Hons) (Melb)

PhD (UNSW)

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 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.

Phone

+61 2 9065 1395

E-mail

leon.terrill@unsw.edu.au

Location

Room 339 The Law Building University of New South Wales UNSW 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, https://store.lexisnexis.com.au/products/sackville-neave-australian-property-law-11th-edition-skusackville_and_neave_australian_property_law_11th_edition

Books | 2020

Edgeworth B; Rossiter C; O'Connor P; GODWIN A; Terrill L, 2020, SACKVILLE & NEAVE AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY LAW, 11TH EDITION., https://store.lexisnexis.com.au/products/sackville-neave-australian-property-law-11th-edition-skusackville_and_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’s neglect of non-private property', in Research Handbook on Property, Law and Theory, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 231 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781802202069.00023

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003139614-19

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, http://www.cambridgescholars.com/and-therell-be-no-dancing

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, https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/centre-aboriginal-economic-policy-research-caepr/engaging-indigenous-economy

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
Journal articles | 2023

Terrill L, 2023, 'Crown Leases and the Extinguishment of Native Title', Australian Law Journal, 97, pp. 227 - 230, https://legal.thomsonreuters.com.au/products/australian-law-journal/

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, http://www.law.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/3409729/2.-Indigenous-Land-Tenure-Reform.pdf

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.53300/001c.6366

Journal articles | 2017

Terrill L, 2017, 'Township Leases and Economic Development in Northern Territory Aboriginal Communities', Monash University Law Review, 43, pp. 463 - 491, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2993903

Journal articles | 2017

Terrill LM, 2017, 'Two New Township Leases on Aboriginal Land in the Northern Territory', Australian Law Journal, 91, pp. 370 - 374, http://sites.thomsonreuters.com.au/journals/2017/05/08/australian-law-journal-update-vol-91-pt-5-aljs-90th-anniversary-special-issue/

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, http://legalonline.thomson.com.au/jour/resultDetailed.jsp?curRequestedHref=journals/PROPLREV&contentSourceHref=journals/PROPLREV/volumes/1/parts/3/articles/160/fulltext&tocType=fullText&hitListPageCon

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, UNSW

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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