Dr. Harry Hobbs

Biography

Harry Hobbs is an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales in the Faculty of Law and Justice. His primary research interests focus on public law rights of Indigenous peoples. He is currently holding an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award, which investigates the treaty-making processes between Indigenous populations and the State in Canada, Aotearoa (New Zealand), and their applicability to modern treaty-making in Australia. Hobbs has contributed extensively to the discourse surrounding treaties in leading Australian and international law journals, including the Sydney Law Review and the University of Toronto Law Journal. His research also broadly encompasses constitutional law, legal reform, human rights, transitional justice, and international criminal law. Recently, he has examined the growth of micronations and the impacts of sovereign citizens and pseudolaw on the administration of justice in Australia. In 2025, he is set to publish a book on pseudolaw and sovereign citizens. Additionally, Hobbs engages with the community through discussions with judicial officers on television, radio, and print media.

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