Rate My Professor Simon Young

Young's academic interests center on public law, particularly administrative law and government accountability, and Indigenous law and policy, particularly native title including comparative aspects. He has published books such as Commercial Implications of Native Title (co-edited with Bryan Horrigan, 1997), The Trouble with Tradition: Native Title and Cultural Change (2008), and Constitutional Recognition of First Peoples in Australia: Theories and Comparative Perspectives (edited, 2016). Notable articles include 'The Trouble with "Tradition": Native Title and the Yorta Yorta Decision' (University of Western Australia Law Review, 2001), 'Indigenous Rights in Freshwater: Mapping the Contested Space in Australia, New Zealand and Canada' (Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 2023), and 'Legal challenges to ICU triage decisions in the COVID-19 pandemic: How effectively does the law regulate bedside rationing decisions in Australia?' (University of New South Wales Law Journal, 2021). His scholarship appears in Australian, Canadian, and UK journals. Young has earned awards including UWA Blackstone Society Law Teacher of the Year (2008, 2013), UWA Faculty of Law Excellence in Individual Teaching Awards (2008), UWA School of Law Enhancing Student Learning Award (2023), a Fulbright Scholar exchange (2024) to the University of Wisconsin on First Nations water rights, and shortlisting for the 2020 Australian Legal Research Awards. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Administrative Law (since 2004) and serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Agriculture Law and Sustainability (since 2023).