Associate Professor Pamela OConnor

Research Interests

Administrative Law and Regulation
Property Law
Tribunals

Supervisor Profile

Qualified to supervise: Honours; Masters; PhD;

Current projects under supervision

Honours:

Three projects currently under supervision

Grants and Commissions

2008:Background paper for Victorian Law Reform Commision, Property Laws

2006-2007:
Administrative Review Council, Research consultancy to prepare a series of Best Practice Guides for administrative decision making by Commonwealth agencies

2006:
ARC Discovery Grant (as co-investigator with S Christensen, W Duncan
and D Fisher) for a three year project entitled 'An Institutional
Framework to Facilitate Sustainable and Integrated Natural, Cultural
and Project Title Built Resources Governance'
Consultancy with Administrative Review Council (Commonwealth) for
project entitled 'Best Practice Guidelines and Commentary for Decision Makers'

2005:
National competitive grant with B McSherry, I Freckelton, P
Sallman & B Potter from the Council of Australasian Tribunals to write the 'COAT Practice
Manual for Tribunals'

2000:
Monash SIF teaching grant to develop online course in Tribunal Procedures

1997:
ARC Large Grant (with S McCallum & M Neave) for a three year project entitled ‘National uniformity in real property laws: A
comparative study with proposals for reform’

Publications

2009

'Deferred and immediate indefeasibility: Bijural ambiguity in registered land systems' (2009) 13 Edingburgh  Law Review 194-223

'The extension of land registration principles to new property in environmental goods' in Dixon, M. (ed) Modern Studies in Property Law, Vol 5, Hart, Oxford (2009) (Forthcoming Aug 2009)

'Immediate indefeasibility for mortgagees: A moral hazard?'  Bond Law Review (Forthcoming Sept 2009)

'Legislating for sustainability: A framework for managing statutory rights, obligations and restrictions affecting private land' (with Christensen, S. and Duncan, W.) (2009) 34(2) Monash Law Review (Forthcoming)

2008

Sackville & Neave Australian Property Law (with Edgeworth, B.J., Rossiter, C.J. & Stone, M.A.) (8th Ed). LexisNexisButterworths. (2008)

'Early grants and reservations: Any lessons from the Queensland experience for the sustainability challenge to land ownership?' (with Christensen, S., Duncan, W. and Ashcroft, R.) (2008) 15 JCU Law Review 42-66

Complete listing of publications, including those prior to 2008