Faculty of Law
Public Law
At the Faculty of Law public law research and teaching ranges across the full gamut of public law scholarship.
There is a core group of public lawyers whose work covers both traditional constitutional and administrative law and the two main modern additions, namely study of the Bill of Rights and the Treaty of Waitangi. In addition, there is a wider grouping of staff that works in specialist fields such as local government and resource management, health and mental health law, and immigration and refugee law.
The faculty regularly attracts visits from leading international public law scholars and has hosted several conferences on aspects of public law in recent years, often in conjunction with the Legal Research Foundation.
The following members of staff conduct teaching or research in the area of Public Law:
| Name | Field of research |
|---|---|
| Bosselmann, Klaus | Environmental law, Comparative Constitutional law, European Union law |
| Brookbanks, Warren | Mental Health law |
| Brookfield, Frederic (emeritus professor) |
Constitutional law, Treaty of Waitangi |
| Evans, Jim (emeritus professor) |
Theory of statutory interpretation |
| Foster, Caroline | Public law, Public International law |
| Gledhill, Kris | Human rights, Administrative law, Mental Health law, Prisoners’ rights |
| Harris, Bruce | Public law |
| Ip, John | Public law, Bill of Rights |
| Johnston, Kerensa | International human rights, comparative indigenous rights, Treaty of Waitangi |
| Manning, Joanna | Health care law |
| Palmer, Kenneth | Planning law, Local government law |
| Rishworth, Paul | Bill of Rights |
| Toki, Valmaine | Treaty of Waitangi, Resource management law |
| Tomas, Nin | Treaty of Waitangi, Comparative indigenous law, Constitutional law |
| Wilberg, Hanna | Administrative law, Public authority liability, Treaty of Waitangi |
| Williams, David | Rule of law, Legal history, Treaty of Waitangi |
For staff working in the field of public international law, see also International Law.
