Michael Head (academic)

Michael ("Mike") Head (born 1957) is an Australian academic and lecturer at the University of Western Sydney.

Biography

Head obtained a masters degree in law from the Columbia University in New York.^[1] Having initially taught law at Columbia, Adelaide and ANU, Head began teaching at the University of Western Sydney in 1999.^[2] His main areas of study have been civil liberties, democratic rights, public law and legal theory.^[3] He has written numerous books on these topics.^[4]

Head became the first legal PhD graduate from the University of Western Sydney in 2004.^[5] He went on to win the award for the UWS leading researcher by publications in the period 2004-2006.^[6]

Head is also a national committee member in the Australian Socialist Equality Party for whom he has recently contested the seat of Fowler.^[7]

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