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Professor Simon Bronitt
LLB (Bristol) LLM (Camb)
Professor of Law
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F10 - Law School (Camperdown)
The University of Sydney
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Member of Sydney Environment Institute
Professor Bronitt joined Sydney Law School in 2019 as Head and Dean (2019-2024). Over the past three decades, Professor Bronitt published widely, ranging across criminal law and criminal justice, gender violence, policing and terrorism law, and corruption. Recent publications include Federal Proceeds of Crime Law (Thomson Reuters, 2023), Law in Context (5th ed, Federation Press, 2023), Rape Law in Context (Federation Press, 2018), and Principles of Criminal Law (4th ed, Thomson Reuters, 2017). In 2021, he was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.
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- Criminal Law
- Criminal Justice
- Criminology
- Policing
- Human Rights Law
- Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law 2021
Selected publications
Publications
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Books
- English, J., Hickey, S., Bronitt, S. (2023). Federal Proceeds of Crime Law. Australia: Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Ltd.
- Bottomley, S., Bronitt, S. (2023). Law in Context, Fifth Edition. Australia: The Federation Press. [More Information]
- Bronitt, S., Easteal, P. (2018). Rape Law in Context: Contesting the Scales of Injustice. Sydney, NSW: The Federation Press. [More Information]
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Edited Books
- Tulich, T., Ananian-Welsh, R., Bronitt, S., Murray, S. (2017). Regulating Preventive Justice: Principle, Policy and Paradox. Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Hufnagel, S., Harfield, C., Bronitt, S. (2012). Cross-Border Law Enforcement: Regional Law Enforcement Cooperation - European, Australian and Asia-Pacific Perspectives. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge. [More Information]
- Bronitt, S., Gani, M., Hufnagel, S. (2012). Shooting to Kill: Socio-Legal Perspectives on the Use of Lethal Force. Oxford and Portland: Hart Publishing. [More Information]
Book Chapters
- Bronitt, S. (2019). Deferred Prosecution Agreements: Negotiating Punishment Before Conviction? In Victoria Colvin and Philip Stenning (Eds.), The Evolving Role of the Public Prosecutor, (pp. 45-59). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
- Bronitt, S. (2019). Relocating Bribery: Facilitation payments as a crime against the market? In V. Mitsilegas, S. Hufnagel, A. Moiseienko, Y. Shi, M. Liu (Eds.), Transnational Crime: European and Chinese Perspectives, (pp. 155-170). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Bronitt, S. (2017). Is Criminal Law Reform a Lost Cause? In Ron Levy, Molly OBrien, Simon Rice, Pauline Ridge, Margaret Thornton (Eds.), New Directions for Law in Australia: Essays in Contemporary Law Reform, (pp. 133-142). Acton: ANU Press.
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Journals
- Bello Villarino, J., Bronitt, S. (2024). AI-driven corporate governance: a regulatory perspective. Griffith Law Review, , 1-20. [More Information]
- Bronitt, S. (2018). Editorial - Rethinking Corporate Persecution: Reviving the Soul of the Modern Corporation. Criminal Law Journal, 42, 205-207.
- Harpur, P., Bronitt, S., Billings, P., Verreynne, M., Pachana, N. (2018). Regulating 'Fake' Assistance Animals - A Comparative Review of Disability Law in Australia and the United States. Animal Law, 24(1), 77-97.
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Conferences
- Bronitt, S. (2020). Regulating corporate cybercrime: Negotiating the borders of civil and criminal law. Beyond Globalization: Future of Comparative Law in Asia/Pacific, Japan: Chuo University Press.
- Bronitt, S. (2016). Is Criminal Law Reform a Lost Cause? The National Law Reform Conference, Canberra, ACT: Presentation.
- Bronitt, S., Li, E. (2015). Beyond Zero Tolerance in Anti-Corruption Law and Policy: Selective Lessons from Australia, UK and US. The Sixth International Forum of Contemporary Criminal Law, Beijing, China: Presentation.
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Reference Works
- Harfield, C., Bronitt, S. (2023). Australia. In Pedro Caeiro, Sabine Gless, Valsamis Mitsilegas, Miguel Joao Costa, Janneke De Snaijer et al (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Crime and Criminal Justice. (pp. 1-11). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
- Harfield, C., Bronitt, S. (2023). Undercover Investigation. In Pedro Caeiro, Sabine Gless, Valsamis Mitsilegas, Miguel Joao Costa, Janneke De Snaijer et al (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Crime and Criminal Justice. (pp. 1-17). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
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2024
- Bello Villarino, J., Bronitt, S. (2024). AI-driven corporate governance: a regulatory perspective. Griffith Law Review, , 1-20. [More Information]
2023
- Harfield, C., Bronitt, S. (2023). Australia. In Pedro Caeiro, Sabine Gless, Valsamis Mitsilegas, Miguel Joao Costa, Janneke De Snaijer et al (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Crime and Criminal Justice. (pp. 1-11). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
- English, J., Hickey, S., Bronitt, S. (2023). Federal Proceeds of Crime Law. Australia: Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Ltd.
- Bottomley, S., Bronitt, S. (2023). Law in Context, Fifth Edition. Australia: The Federation Press. [More Information]
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2020
- Bronitt, S. (2020). Regulating corporate cybercrime: Negotiating the borders of civil and criminal law. Beyond Globalization: Future of Comparative Law in Asia/Pacific, Japan: Chuo University Press.
2019
- Bronitt, S. (2019). Deferred Prosecution Agreements: Negotiating Punishment Before Conviction? In Victoria Colvin and Philip Stenning (Eds.), The Evolving Role of the Public Prosecutor, (pp. 45-59). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
- Bronitt, S. (2019). Relocating Bribery: Facilitation payments as a crime against the market? In V. Mitsilegas, S. Hufnagel, A. Moiseienko, Y. Shi, M. Liu (Eds.), Transnational Crime: European and Chinese Perspectives, (pp. 155-170). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
2018
- Bronitt, S. (2018). Editorial - Rethinking Corporate Persecution: Reviving the Soul of the Modern Corporation. Criminal Law Journal, 42, 205-207.
- Bronitt, S., Easteal, P. (2018). Rape Law in Context: Contesting the Scales of Injustice. Sydney, NSW: The Federation Press. [More Information]
- Harpur, P., Bronitt, S., Billings, P., Verreynne, M., Pachana, N. (2018). Regulating 'Fake' Assistance Animals - A Comparative Review of Disability Law in Australia and the United States. Animal Law, 24(1), 77-97.
2017
- Li, E., Bronitt, S. (2017). Combating Foreign Bribery in China: Rethinking Zero Tolerance with 'Chinese Characteristics'. The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, 5(2), 308-344. [More Information]
- Bronitt, S. (2017). Is Criminal Law Reform a Lost Cause? In Ron Levy, Molly OBrien, Simon Rice, Pauline Ridge, Margaret Thornton (Eds.), New Directions for Law in Australia: Essays in Contemporary Law Reform, (pp. 133-142). Acton: ANU Press.
- Baker, D., Bronitt, S., Stenning, P. (2017). Policing Protest, Security and Freedom: The 2014 G20 Experience. Police Practice and Research, 18(5), 425-448. [More Information]
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2016
- Bronitt, S. (2016). 'Mr Big Operations' and the Limits of Covert Policing and Confession Inducement. Queensland Legal Yearbook 2015, 36(11), 257-269.
- Bronitt, S. (2016). Is Criminal Law Reform a Lost Cause? The National Law Reform Conference, Canberra, ACT: Presentation.
- Bronitt, S. (2016). New Regulatory Paradigms for Preventing Institutional Child Sexual Abuse: Lessons From Corporate Crime and White-Collar Criminals. In Yorick Smaal, Andy Kaladelfos and Mark Finnane (Eds.), The Sexual Abuse of Children: Recognition and Redress. Melbourne, Vic: Monash University Publishing.
2015
- Bronitt, S., Li, E. (2015). Beyond Zero Tolerance in Anti-Corruption Law and Policy: Selective Lessons from Australia, UK and US. The Sixth International Forum of Contemporary Criminal Law, Beijing, China: Presentation.
- Bronitt, S. (2015). Counter-Terrorism Law in Australia: New Paradigms in Criminal Law. Toward scientific criminal law theories, (pp. 620-630). Beijing, China: Law Press China.
- Legrand, T., Bronitt, S., Stewart, M. (2015). Evidence of the Impact of Counter-Terrorism Legislation. In Genevieve Lennon, Clive Walker (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Law and Terrorism, (pp. 297-310). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
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2014
- Bronitt, S., Ashutosh, M. (2014). Editors' Note: Crime and (In) Security in the Asian Century: New Threats and Responses. Griffith Asia Quarterly, 2(1).
- Bronitt, S., O'Brien, M., Bull, M. (2014). Linking Policing and Human Rights: A Recent Invention or an Enduring Legacy? Australian Journal of Human Rights, 20(2), 1-7. [More Information]
- O'Donnell, K., Bronitt, S. (2014). Phillips' Brief: The Hilton Bombing, Calling out the Troops and Turning Points in History. Criminal Law Journal, 38(1), 59-62.
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2013
- Bronitt, S. (2013). Beyond 'Dialogues of the Deaf': Re-imagining Policing and Security Research for Policy and Practice. In Gabriele Bammer (Eds.), Disciplining Interdisciplinarity: Integration and Implementation Sciences for Researching Complex Real-World Problems, (pp. 381-388). Canberra, ACT: ANU E Press. [More Information]
- Bronitt, S., Kukulies-Smith, W. (2013). Crime, Punishment, Family Violence, and the Cloak of Legal Invisibility. Journal of Australian Studies, 37(3), 390-401. [More Information]
- Donkin, S., Bronitt, S. (2013). Critical Perspectives on the Evaluation of Counter-Terrorism Strategies: Counting Costs of the 'War on Terror' in Australia. In edited by Aniceto Masferrer (Eds.), Counter-Terrorism, Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Crossing Legal Boundaries in Defence of the State, (pp. 169-188). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2012
- Bronitt, S., Donkin, S. (2012). Australian Responses to 9/11: New World Legal Hybrids? In A Masferrer (Eds.), Post 9/11 and the State of Permanent Legal Emergency: Security and Human Rights in Countering Terrorism, (pp. 223-242). Dordrecht: Springer. [More Information]
- Bronitt, S. (2012). Conclusion - Shifting Paradigms: Jurisdiction and Criminal Justice Cooperation in the Shadow of Law. In Edited BySaskia Hufnagel, Clive Harfield, Simon Bronitt (Eds.), Cross-Border Law Enforcement: Regional Law Enforcement Cooperation - European, Australian and Asia-Pacific Perspectives, (pp. 275-283). Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge. [More Information]
- Hufnagel, S., Harfield, C., Bronitt, S. (2012). Cross-Border Law Enforcement: Regional Law Enforcement Cooperation - European, Australian and Asia-Pacific Perspectives. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge. [More Information]
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