John Ip

BA, LLB (Hons), LLM (Columbia)

Contact details
Building 803, room 2.06
17 Eden Crescent
Auckland

Phone: +64 9 923 2387
Email: j.ip@auckland.ac.nz

Available to students
open door policy or by appointment

See John's scholarly papers on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) website

Profile

John joined the law faculty in 2005, and specialises in counterterrorism and human rights, criminal justice, and sentencing. Prior to arriving in Auckland, he worked on Guantánamo Bay and death penalty litigation at an NGO in the United States, and was a Judges' Clerk at the Auckland High Court. John is a graduate of the University of Auckland and Columbia University Law School.

Research Interests

• Counterterrorism and human rights
• Criminal Justice
• Theories and approaches to sentencing

Special Interests

John’s research concentrates on counterterrorism and human rights, including comparative approaches to the detention of terrorist suspects and other legal issues arising out of the "war on terrorism".

Courses Taught

• Law 121 - Law and Society
• Law 211 - Public Law
• Law 467 - Counterterrorism Law and Policy

Recent thesis/dissertation supervision topics

• Debating the use of torture
• Restorative justice and sex offenders
• The preventive detention of terrorist suspects
• The sanctions regime under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267

Recent Publications

• “Suspicionless Searches and the Prevention of Terrorism”, in Andrew Lynch, Nicola McGarrity & George Williams (eds), Counterterrorism and Beyond, Oxford: Routledge, 88-108, 2010.
• “How Do the Abuses of Civil Liberties Under the George W. Bush Administration Compare to the Internments of Japanese Aliens and Japanese-Americans During World War II?”, Journal of the National Security Forum, William Mitchell Law Review, 36(5), 5023-5039, 2010
• “The adoption of the special advocate procedure in New Zealand’s Immigration Bill”, New Zealand Law Review, Part II, 207-237 2009.
• “Two Narratives of Torture”, Northwestern University Journal of International Human Rights, 7(1), 35-77, 2009
• "The Rise and Spread of the Special Advocate", Public Law, Winter, 717-741, 2008
• "Crime, Criminal Justice and the Media" in Tolmie J and Brookbanks W (eds), Criminal Justice in New Zealand, Wellington: Lexisnexis, 389-418, 2007
• "Comparative Perspectives on the Detention of Terrorist Suspects", Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems, 16(3), 773-871, 2007
• "Sentencing Reform", New Zealand Law Journal, February, 9-12, 2007
• "Hamdan v Rumsfeld: The rule of law and the war on terror", New Zealand Law Journal, October, 345-346, 2006
• "Criminal Justice" (review of Volger A Worldview of Criminal Justice), New Zealand Law Journal, June, 163-164, 2006
• "Debating New Zealand’s Hate Crime Legislation: Theory and Practice", New Zealand Universities Law Review, 21(4), 575-597, 2005
• "Sentencing Guidelines post-Sentencing Act", New Zealand Law Journal, November, 397-400, 2005
• "Legislative confirmation and the Supreme Court", New Zealand Law Journal, May, 151-152, 2003 (with Richard Ekins)
• "R. V. Shaheed: The End of the Prima Facie Exclusionary Rule", Auckland University Law Review, 9(3), 1016 - 1030, 2002
• "Opening Pandora's Box?", New Zealand Law Journal, April, 117-119 & 124, 2002 (with Richard Ekins)