Peter Burdon

Research Interests

Ecological Impacts of Climate Change Education Policy Environment Policy Environmental and Natural Resources Law Environmental Philosophy History and Philosophy of Education History and Philosophy of Law and Justice Philosophy Political Science Political Theory Property Law

Prof Peter Burdon

Dean Academic, BAL

Office of Business and Law

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Professor Peter Burdon (he/him/his) is Dean (Academic) in the College of Business and Law. His leadership experience includes roles as the Deputy Executive Dean and Deputy Dean (Learning and Teaching) for the Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics at the University of Adelaide. Committed to fostering an inclusive academic environment, Professor Burdon serves as a delegate for the National Tertiary Education Union and is a member of the ALLY Network, which promotes respect and inclusivity for LGBTIQ individuals within the university community.Professor Burdon's research is characterised by its interdisciplinary approach, drawing from sociology, political science, economics, philosophy, history, and environmental studies. He is a recognised expert in environmental theory, with a focus on Earth Jurisprudence and Earth Democracy. His 2021 monograph, "Earth Jurisprudence: Private Property and the Environment," was translated into Mandarin and is distributed by Routledge and the Commercial Press. In 2017, he published a book examining Hannah Arendt's perspective on the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. His most recent works, a research handbook and a monograph on the Anthropocene, were published in 2023.Professor Burdon's academic journey includes several prestigious visiting positions. In 2014, he was a visiting scholar at the University of California Berkeley's Center for Law and Society. In 2017, he held visiting scholar positions at McGill University's Faculty of Law and the McGill School of the Environment, as well as a visiting professorship at the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Law, where he taught legal theory in the inaugural LLD Innovation and Technology Program. He has also been invited to lecture at the University of Auckland's Faculty of Law, the University of Arizona’s Faculty of Law and School of Geography and Development, and San Francisco State University's Department of Political Science.Through his research, teaching, and leadership roles, Professor Burdon continues to contribute significantly to the fields of environmental law, legal theory, and interdisciplinary studies.

Research Interests

  • Environmental Law and Theory
    • Earth Jurisprudence
    • Protest Law and Civil Disobedience
    • Climate Change Law and Policy
  • Political Theory
    • Hannah Arendt
    • Conservative Legal Thinking 
    • Marxist State Theory and Anarchist Political Philosophy
    • Classics - Greek and Roman Myth and History.
  • Legal Education
    • Critical Thinking and Democracy
    • Neoliberalism and the University

Orcid: 0000-0003-0967-4987

Scopus: 36503541200

Web of Science ResearcherID: N-6654-2017

Date Position Institution name
2024 - ongoing Professor University of Adelaide
2022 - ongoing Deputy Dean (Learning and Teaching) Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
2022 - ongoing Deputy Dean (Learning and Teaching) University of Adelaide
2022 - 2022 Deputy Dean (Learning and Teaching) University of Adelaide
2021 - 2021 Acting Dean University of Adelaide
2021 - 2022 Deputy Dean University of Adelaide
2016 - 2023 Associate Professor and Reader in Law Adelaide Law School
2013 - 2016 Senior Lecturer in Law Adelaide Law School
2011 - 2013 Lecturer in Law Adelaide Law School

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2023 Award HDR Supervision Award: Adelaide Law School University of Adelaide Australia -
2020 Award University Award for Outstanding Achievement University of Adelaide Australia -
2020 Award Covid 19 Emergency Teaching Response University of Adelaide Australia -
2020 Award Executive Dean Award University of Adelaide Australia -
2019 Teaching Award Executive Dean Award: Embedding Indigenous Knowledges University of Adelaide Australia -
2016 Award Executive Dean of the Faculty of the Professions Prize for Excellence in Teaching - - -
2016 Award IUCN Academy of Environmental Law: Emerging Scholarship Award - - -
2013 Award Citation, Early Career Award, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia - - -
2012 Award University Doctoral Research Medal - - -
2012 Award Bonython Prize for the Best Orginal Postgraduate Thesis - - -
2011 Award Executive Dean of the Faculty of the Professions Prize for Excellence in Teaching - - -
2008 Scholarship FA & MF Joyner Scholarship in Law - - -

Date Institution name Country Title
2012 - 2014 University of Adelaide Australia GCert.Ed (Higher Education)
2008 - 2011 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
2002 - 2007 University of Adelaide Australia LLB (hons)
2001 - 2003 University of Adelaide Australia BA (history)

Year Citation
2025 Babie, P., Burdon, P. D., & Ivanov, M. S. (2025). Modernising the Torrens system in South Australia: Reform challenges and opportunities in the Real Property Act 1886 (SA). Australian Property Law Journal, 32(1), 227-251.
2023 Burdon, P., Molloy, S., & Babie, P. (2023). Perceptions of Water Rights and Reforming Water Law in Integrated River Systems: A User-Stakeholder Orientated Research Methodology. Penn State Law Review, 128(2), 152-171.
DOI
2022 Burdon, P. (2022). The war lawyers: The United States, Israel and juridical warfare. The ALternative Law Journal, 46(4), 337-338.
2022 Burdon, P. D. (2022). 'Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste': The Impact of COVID-19 on Legal Education. Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law, 8, 1-37.
2021 Burdon, P. (2021). Living with the Anthropocene: Love, loss and hope in the face of environmental crisis. Alternative Law Journal, 46(1), 87-88.
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2021 Burdon, P. D. (2021). On the limits of political emancipation and legal rights. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 34(2), 319-339.
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2021 Burdon, P. (2021). LIVING WITH THE ANTHROPOCENE: Love, loss and hope in the face of environmental crisis. ALTERNATIVE LAW JOURNAL, 46(1), 87-88.
2020 Babie, P., & Burdon, P. (2020). COVID-19 and the Adelaide Law School, Australia. Journal of Security, Intelligence, and Resilience Education, 10(2).
2020 Baumann, A., Alexander, S., & Burdon, P. (2020). Land commodification as a barrier to political and economic agency: A degrowth perspective. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 2020(86), 379-405.
Scopus6 WoS5
2020 Taylor, P., Don, B., & Burdon, P. D. (2020). Moral Leadership and Climate Change Policy: The
Role of the World Conservation Union. Ethics, Policy and Environment, 23(1), 1-21.
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2020 Burdon, P. D. (2020). Ecological law in the Anthropocene. Transnational Legal Theory, 11(1-2), 33-46.
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2020 Burdon, P. D. (2020). Extinction Rebellion, Knitting Nannas and the silencing of dissent. Australian Environment Review, 34(9 & 10), 205-209.
2020 Burdon, P. D. (2020). Obligations in the Anthropocene. Law and Critique, 31(3), 309-328.
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2019 Babie, P. T., Burdon, P., da Rimini, F., Metcalf, C., & Stenseth, G. (2019). The Idea of Property: A Comparative Review of Recent Empirical Research Methods. Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 26(2), 401-436.
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2018 Burdon, P., & Heath, M. (2018). Protest and Political Communication after Brown v Tasmania. Law Society of SA Bulletin, 40(1), 10-11.
2018 Brown, D., Breakey, H., Burdon, P., Mackey, B., & Taylor, P. (2018). A four-step process for formulating and evaluating legal commitments under the Paris Agreement. Carbon & Climate Law Review, 12(2), 98-109.
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2018 Babie, P. T., Burdon, P. D., & da Rimini, F. (2018). The Idea of Property: An Introductory Empirical Assessment. Houston Journal of International Law, 40, 797-843.
2018 Burdon, P. (2018). Hannah Arendt and Edward Said: Exile and Binationalism. Philosophy Today, 62(2), 377-395.
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2017 Alexander, S., & Burdon, P. (2017). Wild democracy: A biodiversity of resistance and renewal. The Ecological Citizen, 1(1), 45-54.
2017 Heath, M., & Burdon, P. (2017). Silencing of activism in Australian law. Alternative Law Journal, 42(3), 190-194.
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2016 Wawryk, A., Burdon, P., & Podgorlec, J. (2016). Siting a Nuclear Waste Storage Facility & Matters of Consent. Law Society of South Australia Bulletin, 38(3), 20-22.
2016 Burdon, P. (2016). Book Review: Foucault and the Politics of Rights. Adelaide Law Review, 37(2), 523-535.
2016 Burdon, P. D. (2016). FOUCAULT AND THE POLITICS OF RIGHTS. ADELAIDE LAW REVIEW, 37(2), 523-535.
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2015 Burdon, P. (2015). Hannah Arendt: on judgment and responsibility. Griffith Law Review, 24(2), 221-243.
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2015 Burdon, P. (2015). Wild Law: a proposal for radical social change. New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law, 13(1), 157-177.
2015 Burdon, P., Drew, G., Stubbs, M., Webster, A., & Barber, M. (2015). Decolonising Indigenous water ‘rights’ in Australia: flow, difference, and the limits of law. Settler Colonial Studies, 5(4), 334-349.
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2014 Burdon, P. (2014). Idealism and struggle: co-opting legal rights for environmental protection. Alternative Law Journal, 39(3), 176-178.
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2014 Burdon, P., Appleby, G., LaForgia, R., McIntyre, J., & Naffine, N. (2014). Reflecting on Hannah Arendt and Eichman in Jerusalem: a report on the banality of evil. Adelaide Law Review, 35(2), 427-447.
WoS3
2013 Burdon, P. (2013). The Earth community and ecological jurisprudence. Onari Socio - Legal Series, 3(5), 815-837.
2013 Appleby, G., Burdon, P., & Reilly, A. (2013). Critical thinking in legal education: Our journey. Legal Education Review, 23(2), 345-377.
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2013 Heath, M., & Burdon, P. (2013). Academic resistance to the neoliberal university. Legal Education Review, 23(2), 379-401.
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2013 Heath, M., & Burdon, P. (2013). The Past, Present and Future of Critical Legal Education in Australia Foreword. LEGAL EDUCATION REVIEW, 23(2), 245-247.
2012 Burdon, P. (2012). A theory of earth jurisprudence. Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, 37, 28-60.
2012 Burdon, P. (2012). Earth jurisprudence and the Murray-Darling: the future of a river. Alternative Law Journal, 37(2), 82-85.
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2012 Burdon, P. D. (2012). Review Essay: Property Rights and Sustainability: The Evolution of Property Rights to Meet Ecological Challenges'. Adelaide Law Review, 33(2), 581-586.
2011 Burdon, P. (2011). Earth jurisprudence: private property and earth community. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 144(3), 109-110.
2011 Burdon, P. (2011). The jurisprudence of Thomas Berry. Worldviews: global religions, culture, and ecology, 15(2), 151-167.
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2011 Burdon, P. (2011). Earth rights: the theory. IUCN Academy of Environmental Law e-Journal, 2011(1), 1-12.
2010 Burdon, P. (2010). The rights of nature: Reconsidered. Australian Humanities Review, 49, 69-89.
2010 Burdon, P. (2010). Wild law: The philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence. Alternative Law Journal, 35(2), 62-65.
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2010 Burdon, P. D., & Burdon, P. D. (2010). What is Good Land Use? From Rights to Responsibilities. Melbourne University Law Review, 34(3), 708-735.
2010 Burdon, P. (2010). What is good land use? From rights to relationship. Melbourne University Law Review, 34(3), 708-735.
Scopus10 WoS11
2008 Burdon, P. (2008). Native title and the clash of civilisations. Chain Reaction, 104, 21-22.

Year Citation
2023 Burdon, P. D., & Martel, J. (2023). The Routledge Handbook of Law and the Anthropocene. Oxford, UK: Routledge.
2023 Burdon, P. D. (2023). The Anthropocene: New Trajectories in Law. Oxford, UK: Routledge.
2021 伯登. (2021). 地球法理 私有产权与环境.
2021 Anker, K., Burdon, P. D., Garver, G., Maloney, M., & Sbert, C. (Eds.) (2021). From Environmental to Ecological Law. Abingdon, Oxon; United Kingdom: Routledge.
2019 Burdon, P., Bosselmann, K., & Engel, K. (Eds.) (2019). The Crisis in Global Ethics and the Future of Global Governance Fulfilling the Promise of the Earth Charter. Cheltenham, Glos; United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2019 Burdon, P., Bosselmann, K., & Engel, K. (Eds.) (2019). The Crisis in Global Ethics and the Future of Global Governance Fulfilling the Promise of the Earth Charter. Cheltenham, Glos; United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2018 Burdon, P. (2018). Hannah Arendt: Legal Theory and the Eichmann Trial. London: Routledge.
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2015 Burdon, P. (2015). Earth Jurisprudence: Private Property and the Environment (1 ed.). United Kingdom: Routledge.
2014 Maloney, M., & Burdon, P. (Eds.) (2014). Wild Law - In Practice. Abingdon & New York.
2014 Burdon, P. D. (2014). Earth jurisprudence: Private property and the environment. Routledge.
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2011 Burdon, P. (Ed.) (2011). Exploring wild law: the philosophy of earth jurisprudence. Kent Town, SA: Wakefield Press.

Year Citation
2025 Burdon, P. (2025). Ethnicity and legal education. In F. Cownie, A. Bradney, & E. Jones (Eds.), Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Education (pp. 159-161). Edward Elgar Publishing.
DOI
2025 Burdon, P. (2025). Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and the law school. In F. Cownie, A. Bradney, & E. Jones (Eds.), Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Education (pp. 156-158). Cheltenham, Glos, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
DOI
2024 Burdon, P., Baumann, A., & Alexander, S. (2024). Land Commodification: A Structural Barrier to Degrowth Transition. In L. Eastwood, & K. Heron (Eds.), De Gruyter Handbook of Degrowth. De Gruyter.
DOI
2023 Burdon, P., & Martel, J. (2023). Interrogating the Anthropocene. In P. D. Burdon, & J. Martel (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Law and the Anthropocene. Routledge.
2023 Burdon, P., & Martel, J. (2023). Myth for the Anthropocene. In P. Burdon, & J. Martel (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Law and the Anthropocene (pp. 20 pages). Routledge.
2023 Burdon, P., & Martel, J. (2023). Law, Responsibility and the Capitalocene: In Search of New Arts of Living. In P. Burdon, & J. Martel (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Law and the Anthropocene. Routledge.
2023 Burdon, P., & Alexander, S. (2023). EARTH JURISPRUDENCE: Anthropocentrism and Neoliberal Rationality. In V. Chapaux, F. Megret, & U. Natarajan (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of International Law and Anthropocentrism (1 ed., pp. 215-230). London, UK: Routledge.
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2023 Burdon, P. (2023). Strategies to Increase Media Coverage of Ethical Issues That Arise in Climate Change Policy Formation. In D. Brown, K. Gwiazdon, & L. Westra (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Applied Climate Change Ethics (pp. 390-400). London: Routledge.
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2023 Burdon, P. (2023). Subversion and Perspectivism in Teaching Property Law. In H. Gibbon, B. Golder, L. Lixinski, M. Nehme,, & P. Vines (Eds.), Critical Legal Education as a Subversive Activity. London.: Routledge.
2023 Burdon, P., & Toole, K. (2023). Education for Citizenship and Social Justice: Students as Co-creators. In H. Gibbon, B. Golder, L. Lixinski, M. Nehme, & P. Vines (Eds.), Education for Citizenship and Social Justice: Students as Co-creators. London: Routledge.
2022 Burdon, P., & Williams, C. (2022). Rights of nature: a critique. In D. Fisher (Ed.), Research Handbook on Fundamental Concepts of Environmental Law (pp. 164-183). Edward Elgar.
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2022 Kotze, L., Kim, R., & Burdon, P. (2022). Planetary Integrity. In F. Biermann, T. Hickmann, & C. -A. Sénit (Eds.), The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals
Transforming Governance Through Global Goals? (pp. 140). Cambridge University Press.
DOI
2022 Kotzé, L. J., Kim, R. E., Burdon, P., DU TOIT, L., Glass, L. M., Kashwan, P., . . . Calzadilla, P. V. (2022). Planetary Integrity. In Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals Transforming Governance Through Global Goals (pp. 140-171). Cambridge University Press.
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2022 Burdon, P., & Alexander, S. (2022). Extinction Rebellion: Crisis, inaction, and the question of civil disobedience as ecosocialist strategy. In L. Brownhill, S. Engel-Di Mauro, E. -D. Mauro, T. Giacomini, A. Isla, M. Löwy, & T. E. Turner (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook on Ecosocialism (1 ed., pp. 242-249). London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
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2021 Burdon, P. (2021). The targeting of environmentalists with state-corporate intelligence networks. In K. Anker, P. D. Burdon, G. Garver, M. Maloney, & S. Sbert (Eds.), From Environmental to Ecological Law (pp. 25-39). Abingdon, Oxon; United Kingdom: Routledge.
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2020 Burdon, P. D. (2020). Neoliberalism in legal education research. In B. Golder, M. Nehme, A. Steel, & P. Vines (Eds.), Imperatives for Legal Education Research Then, Now and Tomorrow (pp. 31-48). London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
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2019 Burdon, P. D., & Stewart, J. G. (2019). Can social property survive under neoliberalism?: A view from Australia. In P. Babie, & J. Viven-Wilksch (Eds.), Leon Duguit and the Social Obligation Norm of Property: A Translation and Global Exploration (pp. 355-370). Singapore: Springer.
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2019 Burdon, P. D. (2019). Rethinking Global Ethics in the Anthropocene. In P. Burdon, K. Bosselmann, & K. Engel (Eds.), The Crisis in Global Ethics and the Future of Global Governance: Fulfilling the Promise of the Earth Charter (pp. 92-108). London: Edward Elgar.
DOI Scopus1
2019 Burdon, P. D. (2019). Rethinking Global Ethics in the Anthropocene. In P. Burdon, K. Bosselmann, & K. Engel (Eds.), The Crisis in Global Ethics and the Future of Global Governance: Fulfilling the Promise of the Earth Charter (pp. 92-108). London: Edward Elgar.
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2019 Burdon, P. D., Bosselmann, K., & Engel, K. (2019). Fulfilling the Promise of the Earth Charter. In P. D. Burdon, K. Bosselmann, & K. Engel (Eds.), The Crisis in Global Ethics and the Future of Global Governance: Fulfilling the Promise of the Earth Charter (pp. xiii-xxi). London: Edward Elgar.
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2019 Burdon, P. D., Bosselmann, K., & Engel, K. (2019). Fulfilling the Promise of the Earth Charter. In P. D. Burdon, K. Bosselmann, & K. Engel (Eds.), The Crisis in Global Ethics and the Future of Global Governance: Fulfilling the Promise of the Earth Charter (pp. xiii-xxi). London: Edward Elgar.
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2019 Burdon, P. D., Bosselmann, K., & Engel, K. (2019). The Earth Charter. In The Crisis in Global Ethics and the Future of Global Governance: Fulfilling the Promise of the Earth Charter (pp. 284-292). Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2019 Burdon, P. D., Bosselmann, K., & Engel, K. (2019). Preface. In The Crisis in Global Ethics and the Future of Global Governance (pp. ix-xii). Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2017 Heath, M., & Burdon, P. (2017). Academic resistance: Landscape of hope and despair. In A. Nocella II, & E. Juergensmeyer (Eds.), Fighting Academic Repression and Neoliberal Education: Resistance, Reclaiming, Organizing, and Black Lives Matter in Education (pp. 33-45). NY, USA: Peter Lang Publishing.
2017 Burdon, P., & Martel, J. (2017). Environmentalism and an anarchist research method. In Research Methods in Environmental Law A Handbook (pp. 316-337).
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2017 Burdon, P., & Martel, J. (2017). Environmentalism and an anarchist research method. In Research Methods in Environmental Law A Handbook (pp. 316-337).
Scopus3
2017 Burdon, P. (2017). The Earth Community and Ecological Jurisprudence. In K. Bosselmann, & P. Taylor (Eds.), Ecological Approaches to Environmental Law. Edward Elgar.
2017 Burdon, P. (2017). The Earth Community and Ecological Jurisprudence. In K. Bosselmann, & P. Taylor (Eds.), Ecological Approaches to Environmental Law. Edward Elgar.
2017 Burdon, P. D. (2017). Private Property Revisited. In K. Bosselmann, & P. Taylor (Eds.), Ecological Approaches to Environmental Law. Edward Elgar.
2017 Burdon, P. D. (2017). The Earth Community and Ecological Jurisprudence. In K. Bosselmann, & P. Taylor (Eds.), Ecological Approaches to Environmental Law. Edward Elgar.
2017 Burdon, P., & Martel, J. (2017). Environmentalism and an Anarchist Research Method. In A. Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, & V. Brooks (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods in Environmental Law (pp. 316-337). United Kingdom: Edward Elgar.
2016 Burdon, P., Drew, G., Stubbs, M., Webster, A., & Barber, M. (2016). Decolonising Indigenous water ‘rights’ in Australia: flow, difference, and the limits of law. In T. Neale, & S. Turner (Eds.), Other People's Country: Law, Water and Entitlement in Settler Colonial Sites (pp. 58-73). United Kingdom: Routledge.
2016 Burdon, P. (2016). Property: concept, rationale, contexts. In H. Esmaeili, & B. Grigg (Eds.), The Boundaries of Australian Property Law (pp. 6-21). Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
DOI
2016 Burdon, P. (2016). Native title: history and conflict. In H. Esmaeili, & B. Grigg (Eds.), The Boundaries of Australian Property Law (pp. 118-139). Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
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2016 Burdon, P., & Reilly, A. (2016). Deliberative democracy. In G. Appleby, & R. Dixon (Eds.), The Critical Judgments Project: Re-reading Monis v The Queen (pp. 163-178). Annandale, NSW: Federation Press.
2016 Burdon, P., & Williams, C. (2016). Rights of nature: a constructive analysis. In D. Fisher (Ed.), Research Handbook on Fundamental Concepts of Environmental Law (pp. 196-220). Gloucestershire, England: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2016 Burdon, P., & Williams, C. (2016). Rights of nature: a constructive analysis. In Research Handbook on Fundamental Concepts of Environmental Law. Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2015 Burdon, P. (2015). Environmental human rights: a constructive critique. In A. Grear, & L. Kotze (Eds.), Research Handbook on Human Rights and the Environment (1 ed., pp. 61-78). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2014 Burdon, P. D. (2014). Earth jurisprudence and the project of Earth democracy. In M. Maloney, & P. Burdon (Eds.), Wild Law - In Practice (1 ed., pp. 19-30). Oxfordshire, England: Taylor & Francis.
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2014 Burdon, P. D. (2014). Realizing earth democracy: governance from below. In L. Westra, & M. Vilela (Eds.), The Earth Charter, Ecological Integrity and Social Movements (1 ed., pp. 24-35). United Kingdom: Routledge.
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2013 Burdon, P. (2013). The project of Earth Democracy. In L. Westra, P. Taylor, & A. Michelot (Eds.), Confronting ecological and economic collapse: ecological integrity for law, policy and human rights (1 ed., pp. 244-254). United Kingdom: Routledge.
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2013 Burdon, P. D. (2013). The project of Earth Democracy. In Confronting Ecological and Economic Collapse Ecological Integrity for Law Policy and Human Rights (pp. 244-254). Routledge.
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2011 Burdon, P. (2011). The Great Jurisprudence. In P. Burdon (Ed.), Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence (1 ed., pp. 59-78). Australia: Wakefield Press.
2011 Burdon, P. (2011). Eco-Centric Paradigm. In P. Burdon (Ed.), Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence (1 ed., pp. 85-96). Australia: Wakefield Press.

Year Citation
2012 Burdon, P. D. (2012). Environmental Protection and the Limits of Rights Talk. Poster session presented at the meeting of Unknown Conference.

Year Citation
2020 Authors: Burdon PD, Alexander S. Title: Death For Gaia: Ecocide and the Righteous Assassins. Extent: 110 pages.

Law Foundation of South Australia Grant 2022-2024, $30,000 for 'Modernising the Real Property Act 1886 (SA)'

University of Adelaide, Faculty of the Professions and Adelaide Law School, Combined Cat 1 and Momentum Fund Grants 2013-2015, $20,000 for 'Psychology of Property' Pilot and ARC DP Projects

University of Adelaide, Learning and Teaching Award  2020, $5,000 with Anne Hewitt, Stacey Henderson, DavidCaruso, Kellie Toole, Margaret Castles, Gabrielle Golding, Maeghan Toews & David Plater.

University of Adelaide, Faculty of the Professions, Diversity and Inclusion Grant 2017, $2,000.

University of Adelaide, Faculty of the Professions and Adelaide Law School, Combined Cat 1 and Momentum Fund Grants 2013-2015, $20,000 for 'Psychology of Property' Pilot and ARC DP Projects.

University of Adelaide, Green Loan Fund 2014, $5,000.

University of Adelaide, Green Loan Fund 2013, $5,000.

My teaching style has been influenced by the educational writings of John Dewey, Paulo Freire, bell hooks, Mary Heath and Stephen Brookfield. I seek to create an educational space that is inclusive, democratic and which encourages critical thinking.

I teach the following courses:

LAW 1506 - Property Law

LAW 2561 - The Politics of Law

LAW 2526 - Legal Theory (Special Topic, Hannah Arendt & Eichmann in Jerusalem)

LAW 3505 - Aboriginal Peoples and the Law

LAW 7187 - Advanced Legal Research and Writing

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Towards the Right to a Safe Environment for Affected Water-users in Bangladesh: Integrating Best Practices in Transboundary Water Governance Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Binota Bose Britya
2025 Co-Supervisor To explore how a bespoke, conversationalist approach to course design can cultivate a dual alignment between course outcomes, activities, and assessments for students, and the alignment of educators’ own thinking, beliefs, and pedagogical intentions Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Paul Gregory John Moss
2025 Co-Supervisor Religion and big business: comparing approaches towards and responses to proposals for increased regulation Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Miss Laira Joy Krieg
2025 Co-Supervisor To explore how a bespoke, conversationalist approach to course design can cultivate a dual alignment between course outcomes, activities, and assessments for students, and the alignment of educators own thinking, beliefs, and pedagogical intention Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Paul Gregory John Moss
2025 Co-Supervisor Religion and big business: comparing approaches towards and responses to proposals for increased regulation Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Miss Laira Joy Krieg
2025 Co-Supervisor Towards the Right to a Safe Environment for Affected Water-users in Bangladesh: Integrating Best Practices in Transboundary Water Governance Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Binota Bose Britya
2024 Principal Supervisor An analysis of the current legal status of non-human animals in Australia. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Frankie Madeleine Bray
2024 Principal Supervisor An analysis of the current legal status of non-human animals in Australia. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Frankie Madeleine Bray
2023 Principal Supervisor Unfulfillable Promises: On the Limits of International Humanitarian Law Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Emma Louise Lush
2023 Principal Supervisor Unfulfillable Promises: On the Limits of International Humanitarian Law Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Emma Louise Lush

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2021 - 2025 Principal Supervisor Heritable Human Genome Editing: Friend or Foe? Navigating the Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Challenges in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Olga Christine Pandos
2021 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Disability Discrimination in Education: A Mixed-Methods Study Examining Complaints about Compulsory-Aged South Australian and Victorian Students with Disability-Related Challenging Behaviour Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Peta Spyrou
2021 - 2024 Principal Supervisor LIMITING THE SCOPE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH CONTRADICTION OF VALUES: UNPACKING THE EPISTEMIC STRUCTURE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION JURISPRUDENCE IN INDIA AND UNITED STATES Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Sawinder Singh
2020 - 2025 Principal Supervisor Between a Rock and a Hard Place, managing medical-impaired decision-making in Emergency Departments. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Patricia Carlisle
2018 - 2023 Co-Supervisor 'Home" Among The Gumtrees: The Experience of Home Under Australian Real Property Law and in Property Theory Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Samuel Paul Tyrer
2017 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Limiting Constraints on a Global Climate Change Regime: Neoliberalism and the Global Order of States Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Geoffrey William George Leane
2017 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Posthuman Legal Subjectivity in the Anthropocene: Introducing the Cosmic Person Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Rev Jana Norman
2017 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Towards a New Law School Curriculum in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Joshua Krook
2017 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Rule of Law in the Classroom: Teacher Interpretation and Application of Policy Regarding Teaching Methods in Undergraduate Ideo-Political Subjects in China Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Michael Shaun Patrick Hooper
2015 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Demystifying Critical Legal Studies Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr James Stewart
2014 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Lawful Cruelty: Six Ways in Which Australian Animal Welfare Laws Permit Cruelty Towards Nonhuman Animals Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Katherine Elizabeth Russell
2014 - 2024 Principal Supervisor NEGOTIATING WITH NATURE: ON THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN OUR
CURRENT SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN IMPACT ON EARTH
AND THE LAWS AND POLICIES WHICH GOVERN OUR BEHAVIOUR		 Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Claire Marie Williams

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2020 - ongoing Member Expert Reviewer National Science Centre Poland Poland
2019 - ongoing Member Expert Reviewer European Research Council (ERC) Belgium

Date Role Membership Country
2019 - ongoing Member Environment Institute, University of Adelaide Australia

Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
2018 - ongoing Editor Alternative Law Journal - Australia

Date Office Name Institution Country
2019 - ongoing Deputiy Director Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment - International United States
2017 - ongoing Director Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment, Australasia Australia
2016 - ongoing Steering Committee Ecological Law and Governance Association -
2016 - ongoing Editorial Board International Journal of Political Theory -
2012 - ongoing Deputy Chair International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Ethics Specialist Group -
2012 - ongoing Delegate National Tertiary Education Union Australia
2011 - 2012 Executive Committee Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature -
2010 - 2013 Management Committee Environmental Defenders Office (SA) Australia
2007 - 2011 Executive Committee Conservation SA Australia

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