John Page is an Assistant Professor of Law at Bond University, Gold Coast. Before joining Bond University, John was a Lecturer in property law at the University of New England (UNE) from 2004-2010. Prior to joining academe in 2004, John was a practising solicitor, specialising in commercial and property law. In 2001, he received accreditation as a Property Law Specialist from the Law Society of New South Wales. John has undergraduate degrees in Arts and Laws and a Masters Degree in Laws from the University of Queensland. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education from UNE. He is presently a doctoral student at the T.C. Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland, his thesis topic being ‘Towards a Sustainable Paradigm for Property’. John’s teaches Property Law at Bond University. His areas of research interest include property law; property rights; the nature of property rights in public lands and natural resources; private, common, and public property theory; environmental law; and legal history.
Articles
Common property and the Age of Aquarius, Griffith law review (2010)
In this article, the institution of common property is considered from the perspective of the...
Grazing rights and public lands in New Zealand and the western United States: A comparative perspective, Natural resources journal (2009)
Private rights in public resources have a propensity to dominate resources for the private benefit,...
The cowboy, the Southern Man, and the Man from Snowy River: The symbolic politics of property in Australia, the U.S. and New Zealand (with Ann Brower, Paul Martin, and Amanda Kennedy), Georgetown international environmental law review (2009)
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In this paper, we examine the politics surrounding privately held claims on resources...
A history of bach tenure in New Zealand, Legal history (2008)
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This article will examine the history of four bach communities, three of which...
Property law in the South Island high country – Part II (with Ann Brower), Waikato law review (2008)
The article clarifies the issues relevant to Crown pastoral leases which confer exclusive rights of...
Book Chapters
Property rights across sustainable landscapes: competing claims, collapsing dichotomies, and the future of property (with Ann Brower), Property rights and sustainability: The evolution of property rights to meet ecological challenges (2011)
As collapses and crises involving ecological systems, economic and financial management and international governance increase,...
Reconceptualising property: Towards a sustainable paradigm for property, Property and Sustainability: Selected essays (2011)
The conceptualisation of property may seem esoteric or remote from the practical imperative of the...
Conference Papers
Property, politics and power: Toward a theory of implied property, Paper presented at the New Zealand political studies association annual conference (2010)