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A/PROF MAUREEN TEHAN



Contact Details

Organization: Law
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email:
Homepage: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/staff/Maureen%20Tehan
Work: +61 3 834 46205
Fax: +61 3 9347 2392
Room: 0856
Level: 08
Building: Law Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Indigenous land tenure and land management systems Australia, Canada, New Zealand
Protection of Indigenous cultural heritage Australia
Indigenous people and their links with natural resources law, land and environmental management Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa
Environmental management and conservation of flora and fauna Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa
Property law and land registration systems Australia
Negotiation and agreement making with indigenous people Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Canada University of British Columbia Research
Canada York University Research
Canada The University of Victoria Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Laws Monash University
Master of Laws University of Melbourne 06-Mar-1996

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Barrister & Solicitor Law Institute of Victoria, Law Council of Australia Practising member 31-Dec-1979
Member National Environmental Law Association Practising member 31-Dec-1994
Member Canadian Law and Society Association Practising member 31-Dec-2000
Member Australian and New Zealand Canadian Studies Association Practising member 31-Dec-2003
Barrister & Solicitor High Court of Australia Barrister & Solicitor 10-Aug-2004
Barrister & Solicitor Supreme Court of South Australia Barrister & Solicitor 10-Aug-2004
Barrister & Solicitor Supreme Court of The Northern Territory Barrister & Solicitor 10-Aug-2004
Barrister & Solicitor Supreme Court of Victoria Barrister & Solicitor 10-Aug-2004
Barrister & Solicitor Supreme Court of Western Australia Barrister & Solicitor 10-Aug-2004

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Agreements, treaties & negotiated settlements with Indigenous peoples in settler states: their role & relevance for Indigenous & other Australians Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 09/10/2002
Managing competing claims to land and resources - does property law promote sustainability ? Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2005

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
CONTRACT FOR RESEARCH SERVICES IN RELATION TO THE AGREEMENTS, TREATIES AND NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENTS (ATNS) ON-LINE DATABASE AND GATEWAY PROJECT Chief Investigator DEPT OF IMMIGRATION, MULTICULTURAL & INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS 01/01/2005

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Accommodating Interests in resource extraction: Indigenous peoples, local communities and the role of law in economic and social sustainability
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-30
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Translating Native Title to Individual Title in Australia: Are Real Property Forms and Indigenous Interests Reconcilable?
    Year: 2007
    Book: Modern Studies in Property Law
    Publisher: Hart Publishing(Portland)
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • Settling with Indigenous people


    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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Book Chapters

  • 'Anchored to the land': asserting and recognising Aboriginal jurisdiction in the Northwest Territories


    Year: 2006
    Book: Settling with Indigenous People
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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  • From remnant lands to sustainable communities: negotiating spaces for Indigenous land and jurisdiction in Darwin and Vancouver


    Year: 2006
    Book: Settling with Indigenous People
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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  • Sharing citizenship and self-government in Canada: a case study of James Bay and Nunavik (Northern Quebec)


    Year: 2006
    Book: Settling with Indigenous People
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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  • Sharing land and resources: modern agreements and treaties with Indigenous people in settler states


    Year: 2006
    Book: Settling with Indigenous People
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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Journal Articles

  • Book Review: Heritage Law in Australia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: University of New South Wales Law Journal
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 355-361
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • 'Treaties', 'agreements', 'contracts' and 'commitments' - What's in a name? The legal forece and meaning of different forms of agreement making
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Balayi - Culture, Law and Colonialism
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 6-40
    Publisher: University of Technology Sydney Press
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Publications in 2004

Books

  • Honour among nations? Treaties and agreements with Indigenous people
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing(Parkville)
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Book Chapters

  • Introduction
    Year: 2004
    Book: Honour among nations? Treaties and agreements with Indigenous people
    Publisher: Melbourne University Press(Carlton)
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  • The shadow of the law and the British Columbia treaty process: '[Can] the unthinkable become common place'?
    Year: 2004
    Book: Honour among nations? Treaties and agreements with Indigenous people
    Publisher: Melbourne University Press(Carlton)
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Journal Articles

  • Difference, equality, recognition and justice: Indigenous issues in the High Court judgments of Justice Mary Gaudron
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Public Law Review
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 317-324
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • A hope disillusioned, an opportunity lost? Reflections on common law native title and ten years of the Native Title Act
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Melbourne University Law Review
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 523-571
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Talking Treaty: Responder.
    Year: 2002
    Book: Unfinished Business.
    Publisher: Desbooks(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Chapman V Luminis Pty Ltd (No 5)
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Indigenous Law Review
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 23-29
    Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths(Sydney)
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Major Reference Works

  • Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders: Native Title.:Halsbury's Laws of Australia Volume 1.
    Year: 2002
    Reference Work Title: Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders: Native Title.
    Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths(Sydney)
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