Overview
Background
Previously, Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Australian Navy. Graduated B.Com. (1973 Qld) and LLB (1974 Qld), PhD (Law) (1994, Bond), Grad.Cert.Higher Ed,(Qld), LLD (2016, Qld). Barrister for 24 years in Brisbane, and made Queen's Counsel in 1988. Full time academic at UQ from 1999 – 2004 at TC Beirne School of Law, foundation Executive Director of The Centre for Maritime Law, now The Marine & Shipping Law Unit. Has published widely in maritime law and history and has held various offices in maritime and other organizations. Awarded OAM in the Australian Honours List January 2016 for contribution to maritime law and naval history.
Availability
- Adjunct Professor Michael White is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Works
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2011
Book Chapter
Offshore Oil and Gas Catastrophes: Montara Spill and Australian Offshore Oil and Gas Regulatory Laws
White, Michael (2011). Offshore Oil and Gas Catastrophes: Montara Spill and Australian Offshore Oil and Gas Regulatory Laws. International Commercial Law; Litigation and Arbitration. (pp. 125-144) Sydney, Australia: Ross Parsons Centre for Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law, University of Sydney.
2011
Conference Publication
Offshore oil and gas catastrophes: Montara spill and Australian offshore oil and gas regulatory laws
White, Michael (2011). Offshore oil and gas catastrophes: Montara spill and Australian offshore oil and gas regulatory laws. Conference on International Commercial Law, Litigation and Arbitration, Sydney , Australia, 5-7 May 2011. Sydney , Australia: Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law, 2011.
2011
Journal Article
Australia's Offshore Legal Jurisdiction: Current Situation
White, Michael (2011). Australia's Offshore Legal Jurisdiction: Current Situation. Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal
2010
Journal Article
Australian maritime law update: 2009
White, Michael and Molloy, Alex (2010). Australian maritime law update: 2009. Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, 41 (3), 283-315.
2010
Journal Article
Australian Maritime Law Update 2009
White, Michael W. D. (2010). Australian Maritime Law Update 2009. Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, 41 (3), 283-315.
2010
Journal Article
History of the Garrick Chair at the TC Beirne School of Law
White, Michael W. D. (2010). History of the Garrick Chair at the TC Beirne School of Law. University of Queensland Law Journal, 29 (2), 335-346.
2010
Book
Queensland's constitution past, present and future
White, Michael W.D. and Rahemtula, Aladin (2010). Queensland's constitution past, present and future. Brisbane, Australia: Supreme Court of Queensland Library.
2010
Journal Article
Fisheries and automatic forfeiture of vessels: Draconian commonwealth laws
White, Michael W. D. and Gibson, Rosemary (2010). Fisheries and automatic forfeiture of vessels: Draconian commonwealth laws. Australian Law Journal, 84 (5), 319-344.
2010
Book
Supreme Court History Program Yearbook 2009
Michael White and Aladin Rahemtula (2010). Supreme Court History Program Yearbook 2009. 1st ed. Brisbane: Supreme Court Library Queensland.
2009
Journal Article
Australian Maritime Law Update: 2008
White, Michael and Glover, Peter (2009). Australian Maritime Law Update: 2008. Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, 40 (3), 337-366.
2009
Journal Article
Compulsory pilotage in the Torres Strait: Overcoming unacceptable risks to a sensitive marine environment
Bateman, Sam and White, Michael (2009). Compulsory pilotage in the Torres Strait: Overcoming unacceptable risks to a sensitive marine environment. Ocean Development and International Law, 40 (2), 184-203. doi: 10.1080/00908320902864797
2009
Book
Australian offshore laws
White, Michael W. D. (2009). Australian offshore laws. Annandale, NSW, Australia: The Federation Press.
2009
Book
Supreme Court History Program Year Book 2008
Michael White and Aladin Rahemttula (2009). Supreme Court History Program Year Book 2008. 1st ed. Brisbane: Supreme Court of Queensland Library.
2008
Journal Article
Whaling in Australian waters by the Japanese fleet: legal issues
White, M. (2008). Whaling in Australian waters by the Japanese fleet: legal issues. Journal of International Maritime Law, 14 (1), 41-48.
2008
Book
Supreme Court History Program Book Year 2007
Michael White and Aladin Rahemtula (2008). Supreme Court History Program Book Year 2007. 1st ed. Brisbane: Supreme Court of Queensland Library.
2008
Journal Article
Australian Maritime Law Update: 2007 General Maritime issues
White, Michael and Forrest, Craig (2008). Australian Maritime Law Update: 2007 General Maritime issues. Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, 39 (3), 333-360.
2007
Journal Article
Australian Maritime Law update: 2006 Part I General maritime issues
White, M. (2007). Australian Maritime Law update: 2006 Part I General maritime issues. Journal of Maritime Law And Commerce, 38 (3), 293-308.
2007
Book
Australasian marine pollution laws
White, Michael W. D. (2007). Australasian marine pollution laws. 2nd ed. Annandale, NSW, Australia: The Federation Press.
2007
Book Chapter
Prompt Release Cases in ITLOS
White, Michael (2007). Prompt Release Cases in ITLOS. Law of the Sea, Environmental Law and Settlement of Disputes: Liber Amicorum Judge Thomas A. Mensah. (pp. 1025-1052) edited by Thomas A. Mensah, T. Malick Ndiaye and R. Wolfrum. Leiden, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
2007
Journal Article
The QGSY Lucinda and the Constitution: The Federal Court's painting of the 'Lucinda at Farm Cove, Easter Day 1891'
Black, M. and White, M. (2007). The QGSY Lucinda and the Constitution: The Federal Court's painting of the 'Lucinda at Farm Cove, Easter Day 1891'. Australian Bar Review, 30 (1), 24-32.
Media
Enquiries
Contact Adjunct Professor Michael White directly for media enquiries about:
- Environment (sea) - law
- Law - marine environmental
- Law - maritime
- Law - oil spill pollution
- Law - shipping
- Law of the sea
- Marine environment law
- Maritime law
- Oil spill pollution law
- Pollution - sea and law
- Shipping law
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