Associate Professor Maureen Tehan

Maureen's major focus of research and academic interest is Indigenous legal issues with particular emphasis on native title, heritage protection and land access, use and management. She has a major interest in comparative Canadian law in these areas. She teaches in these areas as well as in Property in both the Graduate and Undergraduate programmes. Her publications and graduate studies reflect these interests.

Immediately prior to joining the Faculty, Maureen was a solicitor with the Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjatjarra Councils and continues to undertake consultancies in the area.

• Environmental Law
• Law and Indigenous People
• Native Title Law
• Property Law

"Australian Research Council Discovery Grant 2005-2007 (with Dr Lee Godden) Managing Competing Claims to Land and Resources - Does Property Law Promote Sustainability
 
Australian Research Council Linkage Grant 2006-2008 (with Professor Marcia Langton, Dr Lee Godden and Dr Lisa Palmer)  The implementation of agreements and treaties with indigenous and local peoples in postcolonial States. Industry Partners: Office of Indigenous Planning and Coordination and Riotinto Ltd. This project will use a case study methodology to explore the key attributes for the successful implementation of agreements with indigenous and local peoples. It includes the further development of the ATNS database.
 
Indigenous and customary land title in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Southern Africa and East Timor.
 
The convergence and divergence in native title jurisprudence in Australia and Canada
 
The Impact of the legal framework on negotiations for shared land use in Australia and Canada"

Member University Equal Employment Opportunity Committee and  Indigenous Employment Strategy Sub-Committee

Member University Indigenous Studies Committee

Canadian Law and Society Association

Law Institute of Victoria

National Environmental Law Association