Associate Professor Michael Robertson

BA (Hons) (York) MA (Toronto) LLB (York) LLM (London)

My first university training was in philosophy, which I studied in Canada (York University and University of Toronto) and England (Oxford University).  After obtaining an LL.B. at Osgoode Hall (York University) I practiced for while at the Toronto firm of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt before obtaining an LL.M. at the London School of Economics and joining the Law Faculty at Otago.

Teaching

Currently I teach courses in Jurisprudence, Legal Theory, Law and Society, and Landlord and Tenant

Research Interests

My main area of research is Jurisprudence.  For the past decade I have been particularly interested in the contributions to legal theory of Stanley Fish (who visited the Otago Law Faculty in 2008). I also research in the areas of property theory and the modern business corporation (from a law and society perspective).  Recently I have started to work in the area of law and popular culture, especially law and film.

In 2007 I established the Otago Branch of the New Zealand Society for Legal and Social Philosophy, and am currently the chairman of the branch.

Contact Details

Tel 03 479 8846
Office: 9th Floor - 9N10
Email michael.robertson@otago.ac.nz

Publications