Mark Aronson

Mark Aronson (born May 1946) is an Australian legal scholar who serves as Emeritus Professor at the UNSW Faculty of Law. He is a leading scholar of administrative law and public law in Australia.

Aronson graduated with a Bachelor of Jurisprudence from Monash University in 1967. In 1968, he completed a Bachelor of Laws with honours from the Monash University Faculty of Law, ranking first in his class and winning the Supreme Court Prize. He was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship and studied at the University of Oxford, completing a DPhil specialising in administrative law under Sir William Wade. He also taught as a tutor at Merton College, Oxford.

Aronson has co-authored numerous books in the areas of administrative law, government liability, civil procedure and evidence and public torts and contracts. These include Judicial Review of Administrative Action and Government Liability (2017), Litigation: Evidence & Procedure (1998) and Public Torts and Contracts (1982). He has also published articles in these areas.