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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2002
Journal Article
The Volga case: comment
White, M. W. D. (2002). The Volga case: comment. Maritime Studies, 127 (Nov./Dec), 19-21.
2002
Book
Sir Samuel Griffith: The law and the constitution
White, M. W. D. and Rahemtula, A. (2002). Sir Samuel Griffith: The law and the constitution. 1 ed. Australia: Lawbook Company.
2002
Journal Article
M/V Tampa incident and Australia's obligations - August 2001
White, M. W. D. (2002). M/V Tampa incident and Australia's obligations - August 2001. Maritime Studies, 122 (Jan/Feb2002), 7-17.
2002
Book
Sir Samuel Griffith : the law and the constitution
Michael White and Aladin Rahemtula eds. (2002). Sir Samuel Griffith : the law and the constitution. Pyrmont, NSW, Australia: Law Book Co.
2002
Book Chapter
QGSY Lucinda and its significance to the Australian constitution
White, M. W. D. (2002). QGSY Lucinda and its significance to the Australian constitution. Sir Samuel Griffith: The Law and the Constitution. (pp. 135-170) edited by Michael White QC and Aladin Rahemtula. NSW: Thomson Law Book Company.
2002
Journal Article
Recording and preserving legal history
White, Michael, Rahemtula, Aladin and Petzl, Nicola (2002). Recording and preserving legal history. Australian Bar Review, 23 (1), 75-81.
2002
Journal Article
M/V Tampa and Christmas Island Incident, August 2001
White, Michael (2002). M/V Tampa and Christmas Island Incident, August 2001. BIMCO Review, 116-121.
2001
Journal Article
The MV Tampa and the Christmas Island incident
White, Michael (2001). The MV Tampa and the Christmas Island incident . Proctor, 21 (10), 14-15.
2001
Other Outputs
Submission to the Commonwealth Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the protocols to the Limitation of Liability Convention and the ILO Conventions
White, Michael (2001). Submission to the Commonwealth Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the protocols to the Limitation of Liability Convention and the ILO Conventions. Brisbane:
2001
Book Chapter
Case Study of Australia
White, M. W. D. (2001). Case Study of Australia. Vessel-source Pollution & Coastal State Jurisdiction. (pp. 147-168) edited by Erik Franckx. The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International.
2001
Journal Article
Centenary of federation: Queensland lawyers and Griffith and the constitution
White, M. W. D. (2001). Centenary of federation: Queensland lawyers and Griffith and the constitution. The Australian Law Journal, 75, 280-282.
2001
Journal Article
'Tampa' and the Christmas Island Incident
White, M. W. D. (2001). 'Tampa' and the Christmas Island Incident. Asia Pacific Shipping, 20 (1), 15-16.
2001
Conference Publication
Shipping
White, M. W. D. (2001). Shipping. Australia Canada Ocean Research Network Workshop, Vancouver, Canada, 10,11 December 2000. Tasmania: Coop. Research Centre for Antarctica & the Southern Ocn.
2001
Journal Article
Australian maritime law update: 2000
White, M and Weeks, J (2001). Australian maritime law update: 2000. Journal of Maritime Law And Commerce, 32 (3), 371-397.
2001
Conference Publication
Australian offshore oil & gas: Seabed and water column issues
White, M. W. D. (2001). Australian offshore oil & gas: Seabed and water column issues. Australia-Canada Ocean Research Network Workshop, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 10,11 December 2000. Tasmania: Coop Research Centre for Antartica & the Southern Ocean.
2000
Book Chapter
Prize, prize salvage, bounty & ransom
White, M. W. D. (2000). Prize, prize salvage, bounty & ransom. Australian Maritime Law. (pp. 340-351) edited by M. W. D. White. Leichhardt, N.S.W., Australia: The Federation Press.
2000
Journal Article
Review of navigation act 1912: Final report to Australian government, dept. of transport & regional service
White, M. W. D. (2000). Review of navigation act 1912: Final report to Australian government, dept. of transport & regional service. Review of the Navigation Act 1912, 10.
2000
Journal Article
Ship arrest in Australia
White, Michael (2000). Ship arrest in Australia. BIMCO Review.
2000
Book Chapter
Limitation of liability
White, M. W. D. (2000). Limitation of liability. Australian Maritime Law. (pp. 1-469) edited by M. W. D. White. NSW: The Federation Press.
2000
Book
Australian Maritime Law
White, M. W. D. (2000). Australian Maritime Law. 2nd ed. NSW: The Federation Press.
Media
Enquiries
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- 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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