Editor
Samuel White
has served as both a Royal Australian Infantry Corps and an Australian Army Legal Corps officer in a range of tactical, operational and strategic postings. He is currently posted to the Directorate of Operations and International Law, Canberra which provides strategic legal advice to the Australian Defence Force and Department of Defence.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) from the University of Queensland; a Master of Laws (with First Class Honours) from the University of Melbourne; and a Master of War Studies from the University of New South Wales. In 2018, he was Associate to the Honourable Justice JA Logan RFD of the Federal Court of Australia. He is admitted to practice in the State of Queensland and the High Court of Australia.
Contributors
Christopher M. Bailey
has served as a judge advocate in the United States Air Force in a range of positions at the tactical, operational and strategic level. In addition to his professional experience, he was selected by the United States Air Force to attend the University of Nebraska College of Law where he received a Master of Laws degree in Space, Telecommunications and Cyber Law.
In addition to his Master of Laws degree, he has earned a Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2010 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Southwestern University in 2007. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Texas the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Andrew D. Butler
has worked as an Associate to a Federal Court Justice and the President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. He has a keen interest in administrative law, international law and the Law of Armed Conflict, as well as military history. He holds a Bachelor of Justice (Criminology) (with Distinction)
Alexander Gillespie
is a Professor of Law at the University of Waikato. He obtained his llb and llm degrees with Honours from The University of Auckland and his PhD from the University of Nottingham. His areas of scholarship pertain to international and comparative environmental law; the laws of war; civil liberties; and a number of pressing issues of social concern. Alexander has been awarded a Rotary International Scholarship, a Fulbright Fellowship, a residency at the Rockerfeller Bellagio Centre in Italy, and the New Zealand Law Foundation International Research Fellowship. He was the first New Zealander to be named Rapporteur for the World Heritage Convention, involving international environmental diplomacy under the auspice of unesco.
Ray Kerkhove
is a Professional Historian, working with the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre (UQ) and Macquarie University (Sydney). His MA and PhD were obtained at University of Queensland, his Masters focussing on Aztec human sacrifice.
For the past fifteen years, he has specialised in Aboriginal history and culture. In 2011 he received the National Trust of Queenslandâs Governorâs Gold Award for promoting Indigenous heritage. He has written a number of books and articles on aspects of Aboriginal frontier warfare, including The Battle of One Tree Hill (2019).
Andrew Read
is a Legal Officer in the Royal Australian Navy, holding the rank of Lieutenant. He completed his tertiary studies at the Australian National University College of Law, culminating in his attainment of a Master of Laws. In his current role he provides advice to Command on operational, disciplinary and administrative law issues.
Kyle Walker
is a Captain within the Australian Regular Army who has served as a staff officer within the headquarters of the 7th Combat Brigade and Forces Command. Kyle practices in the areas of administrative, disciplinary and operations law. His