Faculty of Law

Areas of Research Excellence

Subject Area Faculty Member
Accident Compensation Bill Atkin
Administrative Law Dean Knight
Adult Guardianship Bill Atkin
Arbitration Campbell McLachlan; Petra Butler
Assisted Human Reproduction Bill Atkin
Bill of Rights Claudia Geiringer; Petra Butler
Breach of Confidence Graeme Austin; Nicole Moreham
Child Law Bill Atkin; Nessa Lynch; Caroline Sawyer
Child Support Bill Atkin
Commercial Law David McLauchlan; Paul Scott
Comparative Law Tony Angelo; Petra Butler; Alberto Costi
Comparative Constitutional Law Joel Colon-Rios (Latin American Constitutionalism)
Competition Law Geoff McLay; Paul Scott
Conflict of Laws Tony Angelo; Petra Butler; John Prebble; Campbell McLachlan
Constitutional Law Tony Angelo; Petra Butler; Joel Colon-Rios; Alberto Costi; Claudia Geiringer
Consumer Law Kate Tokeley
Contract Law Susy Frankel; David McLauchlan
Criminal Justice Yvette Tinsley
Criminal Law Nessa Lynch; Elisabeth McDonald; Tony Smith; Yvette Tinsley; Mamari Stephens
De Facto Relationships Bill Atkin
Defamation Bill Atkin
Domestic Violence Bill Atkin
Elections John Prebble
Environmental Law Alberto Costi; Catherine Iorns Magallanes
Evidence Elisabeth McDonald; Yvette Tinsley
Equity Law Graeme Austin; Geoff McLay; Tony Angelo
Family Law Bill Atkin
Feminist Legal Theory Elisabeth McDonald
Gay and Lesbian Legal Issues Graeme Austin; Dean Knight; Elisabeth McDonald
Human Rights Graeme Austin; Petra Butler; Claudia Geiringer
Indigenous Peoples Mark Bennett; Catherine Iorns Magallanes
Industrial Law Gordon Anderson
Intellectual Property Law Graeme Austin; Susy Frankel; Geoff McLay
International Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Campbell McLachlan
International Economic Law Gordon Anderson; Susy Frankel; Meredith Kolsky Lewis
International Environmental Law Alberto Costi; Catherine Iorns Magallanes; Joanna Mossop
International Intellectual Property Graeme Austin;  Susy Frankel
International Law Alberto Costi; Campbell McLachlan; Joanna Mossop
International Taxation John Prebble
International Trade Law Gordon Anderson; Susy Frankel; Meredith Kolsky Lewis
Jurisprudence Mark Bennett; Grant Morris
Justice and Legal System Kate Tokeley
Law and Language Māmari Stephens
Law and Literature Graeme Austin; Grant Morris
Law and Religion Bill Atkin
Law and Sexuality Elisabeth McDonald
Law of Pacific States Tony Angelo
Law of the Sea Joanna Mossop
Law Translation Tony Angelo
Legal and Democratic Theory Joel Colon-Rios (Constitutional theory, theories of participatory democracy)
Legal Education Graeme Austin; Elisabeth McDonald
Legal History Richard Boast;  Geoff McLay; Grant Morris
Legislation Tony Angelo; Gordon Stewart
Legislative Drafting Tony Angelo; Gordon Stewart
Local Government Law Dean Knight
Māori Customary Law Carwyn Jones
Māori Land Law Richard Boast; Carwyn Jones; Mamari Stephens
Māori and the NZ Legal System Mamari Stephens
Media Law Nicole Moreham
Medico-legal Bill Atkin; Kate Tokeley
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Caroline Sawyer
Natural Resources Law Richard Boast
Negligence Graeme Austin; Bill Atkin
Nuisance Graeme Austin; Bill Atkin
Privacy Law Graeme Austin; Nicole Moreham
Property Law Graeme Austin; Tony Angelo; Richard Boast; Mark Bennett; Caroline Sawyer
Private International Law Petra Butler; Campbell McLachlan
Public Law Petra Butler; Joel Colon-Rios; Claudia Geiringer; Carwyn Jones; Dean Knight; Tony Smith
Regulation Graeme Austin; Geoff McLay
Resource Management Dean Knight
Rule of Law Dean Knight
Social Security Law Mamari Stephens
Statehood Tony Angelo
Statutory Interpretation Catherine Iorns Magallanes; Gordon Stewart; Kate Tokeley
Succession Bill Atkin
Tax (including jurisprudential perspectives of income tax law) John Prebble
Torts Graeme Austin; Bill Atkin; Geoff McLay; Campbell McLachlan; Nicole Moreham
Treaty of Waitangi Richard Boast; Carwyn Jones; Grant Morris; Māmari Stephens
Welfare Law Bill Atkin; Māmari Stephens