Bernard Dunne



Profile

Areas of Interest

  • Environmental Law
  • Environmental Impact
  • Assessment Law
  • Local Government Law
  • Legal Sociology
  • Legal Philosophy
  • Environmental Philosophy
  • Legal History

Courses Taught

Undergraduate:

  • Introduction to Environmental Law
  • Torts
  • Law, Lawyers and Justice (Legal Ethics)
  • Legal Institutions

Postgraduate:

  • Environmental Impact Assessment Law
  • Environmental Law and Policy
  • Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System

Publications

Book chapters

  • Dunne, B, "The Historical Significance and Political Potential of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation" in N Rogers (ed), Green Paradigms and the Law, Southern Cross University Press: Lismore (1998), 32-64.
  • Dunne, B, "Environmental Planning", The Law Handbook (1987) Sydney: Redfern Legal Centre Publishing

Journal Articles

  • "Uranium Mining and Environmental Impact Assessment: The Jabiluka Project and the Application of the Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act 1974 (Cth) (1996) 13 Environmental Planning Law Journal 341
  • Uranium Mining and the Commonwealth EIA Process, Australian Environment Review Volume 11, No 5, June 1996
  • "Recent Environmental Legislative Reforms" May 1987 Impact 3
  • "Environmental Impact Assessment in Australia" (1986) 2 Northwest Environmental Journal 107
  • “Community Justice Centres: A Critical Appraisal” (1985) 10 Legal Service Bulletin 188

Other Publications

  • "Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Australia: Legal Theory and the Environment Movement" in Ecopolitics X Proceedings, Proceedings of the Tenth Ecopolitics Conference held at the Australian National University Canberra 26-29 September 1996. Published in 1998 by the Australian National University Printing Service

Seminars, Conferences & Presentations

  • Understanding Environmental Impact Assessment as a Form of Procedural Law. 1993, Staff Seminar, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
  • Environmental Impact Assessment: Purpose, Evolution, Pitfalls. 1994 New South Wales State Forests Environmental Impact Assessment Workshop
  • "Environmental Philosophy Social Movements and the State" 1994 Australian Society of Legal Philosophy Seminar, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
  • The Jabiluka Uranium Mine and Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation May 23, 1996. Public Forum on Uranium Mining, New South Wales Parliament House
  • Law and Modernity: Implications for Environmental Regulation. Environmental Justice: Global Ethics for the 21st Century. International Academic Conference at the University of Melbourne, Australia October 1-3 1997

Submissions & Legal Advice

  • Understanding Environmental Impact Assessment as a Form of Procedural Law. 1993, Staff Seminar, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
  • Environmental Impact Assessment: Purpose, Evolution, Pitfalls. 1994 New South Wales State Forests Environmental Impact Assessment Workshop
  • "Environmental Philosophy Social Movements and the State" 1994 Australian Society of Legal Philosophy Seminar, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
  • The Jabiluka Uranium Mine and Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation May 23, 1996. Public Forum on Uranium Mining, New South Wales Parliament House
  • Law and Modernity: Implications for Environmental Regulation. Environmental Justice: Global Ethics for the 21st Century. International Academic Conference at the University of Melbourne, Australia October 1-3 1997