Overview
Background
Simon Bronitt is the Head of School and Dean of Sydney Law School at The University of Sydney. Simon was a Professor in the UQ Law School for five years and served as Deputy Head of School and Deputy Dean (Research) from June 2014 to 2018. He previously served as the Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security, hosted by Griffith University (2009-2014).
Before moving to Queensland in 2009, Professor Bronitt was a member of the College of Law at The Australian National University (1991-2009). During that time he served as Sub Dean in 1997-98, and was promoted to Professor in 2005. During his time at ANU, he held a number of research leadership roles, including Director of the National Europe Centre an EU-funded centre - in the Research School of Humanities (2003-2008) and Director of the Australian Centre for Military Law and Justice, ANU (2009).
Drawing on comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives, he has published widely on criminal justice topics ranging across terrorism law and human rights, comparative criminal law, covert policing, family violence, and mental health policing. His key publications include two textbooks, Principles of Criminal Law (4th ed, Thomson Reuters 2017) and Law in Context (4th ed, Federation Press, 2012).
Availability
- Honorary Professor Simon Bronitt is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Law, University of Cambridge
Research interests
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Criminal Justice
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Criminal Law
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Criminology
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Human Rights Law
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Policing
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Law and History
Works
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2011
Book Chapter
The common law and human dignity
Bronitt, Simon (2011). The common law and human dignity. The German constitution turns 60: basic law and commonwealth constitution – German and Australian perspectives. (pp. 77-88) edited by Jurgen Brohmer. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Peter Lang Publishing.
2010
Conference Publication
Regulating covert policing methods: from reactive to proactive models of admissibility
Bronitt, Simon (2010). Regulating covert policing methods: from reactive to proactive models of admissibility. 4th Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security, Wollongong, Australia, 7 April 2009. Wollongong, Australia: University of Wollongong Press, the Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention, Faculty of Law.
2010
Book
Principles of criminal law
Bronitt, Simon and McSherry, Bernadette (2010). Principles of criminal law. 3rd ed. Rozelle, NSW, Australia: Thomson Reuters.
2010
Book
The social implications of covert policing
Bronitt, Simon, Hartfield, Clive and Michael, Katrina (2010). The social implications of covert policing. Wollongong, Australia: University of Wollongong Press.
2010
Edited Outputs
The Social Implications of Covert Policing : the Fourth Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security
Simon Bronitt, Clive Harfield and Katina Michael eds. (2010). The Social Implications of Covert Policing : the Fourth Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security. 4th Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security, Wollongong, Australia, 7 April 2009. Wollongong, Australia: University of Wollongong Press, the Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention, Faculty of Law.
2009
Book Chapter
Criminal codes in the 21st century: the paradox of the liberal promise
Bronitt, Simon and Gani, Miriam (2009). Criminal codes in the 21st century: the paradox of the liberal promise. Regulating deviance: the redirection of criminalisation and the futures of criminal law. (pp. 235-260) edited by Bernadette McSherry, Alan Norrie and Simon Bronitt. Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart.
2009
Book Chapter
Visions of a multicultural criminal law: an Australian perspective
Bronitt, Simon (2009). Visions of a multicultural criminal law: an Australian perspective. Multicultural jurisprudence: comparative perspectives on the cultural defense. (pp. 121-144) edited by Marie-Claire Foblets and Alison Dundes Renteln. Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart.
2009
Book
Regulating deviance: the redirection of criminalisation and the futures of criminal law
Bernadette McSherry, Alan W. Norrie and Simon Bronitt eds. (2009). Regulating deviance: the redirection of criminalisation and the futures of criminal law. Onati International Series in Law and Society, Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing.
2008
Book Chapter
Rhetoric, reason and the rule of law in early colonial New South Wales
Holloway, Ian, Bronitt, Simon and Williams, John (2008). Rhetoric, reason and the rule of law in early colonial New South Wales. The grand experiment: law and legal culture in British settler societies. (pp. 78-100) edited by Hamar Foster, Benjamin L. Berger and A. R. Buck. Vancouver, Canada: UBC Press.
2008
Book
Citizenship in a post-national world : Australia and Europe compare
Simon Bronitt and Kim Rubenstein eds. (2008). Citizenship in a post-national world : Australia and Europe compare. Law and policy paper; no.29, Annandale, NSW, Australia: Federation Press.
2008
Journal Article
Towards a universal theory of criminal law: rethinking the comparative and international project
Bronitt, Simon (2008). Towards a universal theory of criminal law: rethinking the comparative and international project. Criminal Justice Ethics, 27 (1), 53-66. doi: 10.1080/0731129X.2008.9992228
2008
Book Chapter
Balancing liberty and security: critical perspectives on terrorism law reform
Bronitt, Simon (2008). Balancing liberty and security: critical perspectives on terrorism law reform. Fresh perspectives on the 'war on terror'. (pp. 65-84) edited by Miriam Gani and Penelope Mathew. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/fpwt.07.2008.05
2008
Book Chapter
Entrapment
Bronitt, Simon (2008). Entrapment. The new Oxford companion to law. (pp. 381-382) edited by Peter Cane and Joanne Conaghan. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
2008
Book
Citizenship in a Post-National World - Australia and Europe Compared
Simon Bronitt and Kim Rubenstein (2008). Citizenship in a Post-National World - Australia and Europe Compared. 1st ed. Sydney: Federation Press.
2007
Book Chapter
Hate speech, sedition and the war on terror
Bronitt, Simon (2007). Hate speech, sedition and the war on terror. Hate Speech and Freedom of Speech in Australia. (pp. 129-144) edited by Katharine Gelber and Adrienne Stone. Annandale, NSW, Australia: The Federation Press.
2007
Journal Article
'Flying Under the Radar'. The use of lethal force against hijacked aircraft: recent Australian developments
Bronitt, Simon and Stephens, Dale (2007). 'Flying Under the Radar'. The use of lethal force against hijacked aircraft: recent Australian developments. Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 7 (2), 265-277. doi: 10.1080/14729342.2007.11421485
2006
Book Chapter
The burden and standard of proof in environmental regulation: the precautionary principle in an Australian administrative context
Jones, Judith and Bronitt, Simon (2006). The burden and standard of proof in environmental regulation: the precautionary principle in an Australian administrative context. Implementing the precautionary principle : perspectives and prospects. (pp. 137-159) edited by Elizabeth Fisher, Judith Jones and René von Schomberg. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781847201676.00017
2006
Journal Article
Regulating telecommunications interception and access in the twenty-first century: technological evolution or legal revolution?
Bronitt, Simon and Stellios, James (2006). Regulating telecommunications interception and access in the twenty-first century: technological evolution or legal revolution?. Prometheus, 24 (4), 413-428. doi: 10.1080/08109020601030001
2006
Book
Law in context
Bottomley, Stephen and Bronitt, Simon (2006). Law in context. 3rd ed. Annandale, NSW, Australia: Federation Press.
2006
Journal Article
Sedition, security and human rights: 'Unbalanced' law reform in the 'War on Terror'
Bronitt, Simon and Stellios, James (2006). Sedition, security and human rights: 'Unbalanced' law reform in the 'War on Terror'. Melbourne University Law Review, 30 (3), 923-960.
Supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
The Law of Exorcism: A Socio-legal Study of Religiously Motivated Homicide
Principal Advisor
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Enquiries
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- Criminal Justice
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- Law enforcement
- Law reform
- Organised crime and corruption
- Policing
- Preventive justice
- White-collar crime
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