
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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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
2005
Book Chapter
Cyber-crime in the 21 st century: Windows on Australian law
Bronitt, Simon and Gani, Miriam (2005). Cyber-crime in the 21 st century: Windows on Australian law. Cyber-Crime. (pp. 141-167) Hong Kong University Press, HKU.
2005
Book Chapter
Interpreting law enforcement immunities: the relationship between judicial, legislative and administrative models
Bronitt, Simon (2005). Interpreting law enforcement immunities: the relationship between judicial, legislative and administrative models. Interpreting Statutes. (pp. 223-249) edited by Suzanne Corcoran and Stephen Bottomley. Leichhardt, NSW, Australia: The Federation Press.
2005
Journal Article
Telecommunications interception in Australia: recent trends and regulatory prospects
Bronitt, Simon and Stellios, James (2005). Telecommunications interception in Australia: recent trends and regulatory prospects. Telecommunications Policy, 29 (11), 875-888. doi: 10.1016/j.telpol.2005.06.010
2005
Book
Principles of criminal law
Bronitt, Simon and McSherry, Bernadette (2005). Principles of criminal law. 2nd ed. Pyrmont, NSW, Australia: LBC Information Services.
2004
Book Chapter
Cyber-crime in the 21st Century: windows on Australian law
Bronitt, Simon and Gani, Miriam (2004). Cyber-crime in the 21st Century: windows on Australian law. Cyber Crime: The Challenge in Asia. (pp. 141-168) edited by Roderic G. Broadhurst and Peter N. Grabosky. Aberdeen, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
2004
Journal Article
The law in undercover policing: a comparative study of entrapment and covert interviewing in Australia, Canada and Europe
Bronitt, Simon (2004). The law in undercover policing: a comparative study of entrapment and covert interviewing in Australia, Canada and Europe. Common Law World Review, 33 (1), 35-80. doi: 10.1350/clwr.33.1.35.25831
2003
Journal Article
Constitutional rhetoric v criminal justice realities: unbalanced responses to terrorism?
Bronitt, Simon (2003). Constitutional rhetoric v criminal justice realities: unbalanced responses to terrorism?. Public Law Review, 14, 76-80.
2003
Journal Article
Shifting boundaries of cybercrime: from computer hacking to cyber-terrorism
Bronitt, Simon and Gani, Miriam (2003). Shifting boundaries of cybercrime: from computer hacking to cyber-terrorism. Criminal Law Journal, 27 (6), 303-321.
2002
Journal Article
Sang is dead, loosely speaking: R v Looseley
Bronitt, Simon (2002). Sang is dead, loosely speaking: R v Looseley. Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 2002 (2), 374-387.
2002
Book Chapter
Courts, criminal law and procedure
Urbas, Gregor and Bronitt, Simon (2002). Courts, criminal law and procedure. The Cambridge Handbook of Australian Criminology. (pp. 73-92) edited by Adam Graycar and Peter Grabosky. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
2001
Book
Principles of criminal law
Bronitt, Simon and McSherry, Bernadette (2001). Principles of criminal law. 1st ed. Pyrmont, NSW, Australia: LBC Information Services.
2001
Book Chapter
Sex
Bronitt, Simon (2001). Sex. Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia. (pp. 620-622) edited by Tony Blackshield, Michael Coper and George Williams. South Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acref/9780195540222.001.0001
2000
Journal Article
Between rhetoric and reality: sociolegal and republican perspectives on entrapment
Bronitt, Simon and Roche, Declan (2000). Between rhetoric and reality: sociolegal and republican perspectives on entrapment. International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 4, 77-106.
2000
Journal Article
Webbing the Pacific: teaching an intercontinental legal history course
Ozcan, Bronitt, Simon, Harris, Doug, Holloway, Ian, McLaren, John and Pue, Wes (2000). Webbing the Pacific: teaching an intercontinental legal history course. Law and History Review, 18 (2), 445-456. doi: 10.2307/744304
1999
Journal Article
Entrapment, human rights and criminal justice: a licence to deviate
Bronitt, Simon (1999). Entrapment, human rights and criminal justice: a licence to deviate. Hong Kong Law Journal, 29 (2), 216-239.
1999
Journal Article
"Community Without Propinquity": teaching legal history intercontinentally
Harris, Douglas, McLaren, John, Pue, W. Wesley, Bronitt, Simon and Holloway, Ian (1999). "Community Without Propinquity": teaching legal history intercontinentally. Legal Education Review, 10 (1), 1-32.
1998
Book Chapter
Rape victims on trial: regulating the use and abuse of sexual history evidence
Bronitt, Simon and Henning, Terese (1998). Rape victims on trial: regulating the use and abuse of sexual history evidence. Balancing the Scales: Rape, Law Reform and Australian Culture. (pp. 76-94) edited by Patricia Easteal. Annandale, NSW, Australia: The Federation Press.
1998
Book Chapter
Controlling Disease and the Criminal Law: A New Regulatory Strategy
Simon Bronitt (1998). Controlling Disease and the Criminal Law: A New Regulatory Strategy. Health Care, Crime and Regulatory Control. (pp. 167-178) edited by R Smith. Sydney: Hawkins Press and Asia Pacific Press.
1998
Book Chapter
Public order
Bronitt, Simon and Ford, S. (1998). Public order. Criminal Law. (pp. 52-52) edited by J. Riordan and P. Fairall. Rozelle, NSW, Australia: Lawbook.
Supervision
Availability
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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
Media
Enquiries
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- Corporate crime
- Counter terrorism law
- Criminal Justice
- Criminal Law
- Human Rights Law
- Law enforcement
- Law reform
- Organised crime and corruption
- Policing
- Preventive justice
- White-collar crime
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