Faculty of Law
Research
The Faculty of Law has long-established strengths in private and public law, and our academics are in the vanguard of increasingly important specialisations including environmental law, international law, human rights and animal law.
Located in New Zealand's commercial capital, the Faculty of Law includes experts in commercial law.
Professor Peter Watts teaches the law of obligations, agency law, restitution, company and company finance law, and publishes prolifically in these areas. Christopher Hare studied at Cambridge and Harvard Universities, and on coming to Auckland, has established himself as an internationally-recognised scholar in the fields of commercial and banking law.
Associate Professor Paul Myburgh is an expert in maritime law; Elsabe Schoeman’s speciality is private international law, also known as conflicts of law.
Public and international law is another major strength of our faculty. Professors Bruce Harris and Paul Rishworth specialise in New Zealand and comparative constitutional law, Paul Rishworth particularly in relation to human rights law. Kris Gledhill joined the faculty in 2007 after an appellate criminal and public law practice in England, which included numerous appearances in precedent-setting cases. His research interests include mental health law, prison law, human rights law, and comparative criminal law.
In international law, Professor Jane Kelsey is known throughout the world for her work on the legal issues associated with globalisation. Professor Kelsey's abundant and accessible writings bring the law into contact with politics, economics, and international relations. She is a highly respected commentator on the problems of neo-colonialism and social injustice, and is an elected member of the steering committee of the International Network for Cultural Diversity.
Professor Klaus Bosselmann, who has consulted on public and environmental law for the European Community, the United Nations Environmental Programme, and German and New Zealand authorities, contributes to the faculty’s high profile in Environmental Law. Professor Bosselmann helped to establish the New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law, which seeks to advance environmental policy locally, nationally and globally.
The Faculty of Law has a strong commitment to the study of the Māori dimension of New Zealand law. Te Tai Haruru is the Māori Legal Academics Group based at the Faculty of Law and consists of Kerensa Johnston, Khylee Quince, Dr Nin Tomas, Valmaine Toki.
The criminal law and policy team includes Professor Warren Brookbanks, Associate Professors Julia Tolmie and Scott Optican, Khylee Quince, John Ip and Alison Cleland.
Find out more about our academic research clusters and teaching specialisations.
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