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University of Otago Legal Issues Centre - Te Pokapū Take Ture
Staff Profiles
Professor Kim Economides E-mail: kim.economides@otago.ac.nz Research interests: Comparative Access to Justice, Legal Profession and Legal Services, Legal Ethics and Education, Socio-Legal Studies.
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Professor Mark Henaghan E-mail: mark.henaghan@otago.ac.nz Research interests: Family Law, Law Relating to Children (custody/access, child abuse, medico-legal issues) Human Genome Law, Relationship Property, The Judiciary and judge-made Law
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Rachel Souness Email: rachel.souness@otago.ac.nz Rachel joined the Faculty of Law in 2010. Her research interests are in criminal justice and court processes and she is currently involved in research examining delay and efficient processing of civil cases in the court system. |
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Current Postgraduate Students
Debbie Wai Kapohe (LLM candidate) Research topic: The contribution of contemporary M?ori values and concepts to the Disputes Tribunal Email deborahwaikapohe@yahoo.com
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Susan Robson (PhD candidate) Research topic: Policy and process in employment and family relationship disputes The purpose of my thesis is to assess whether the difference in the dispute resolution structures of the employment and family law jurisdictions is reflected in different cost and disposition rates of the disputes those jurisdictions receive, and if so, why. Email susan.robson@xtra.co.nz |
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BA (Auck); LLM (Harv) Research topic: Litigants in Person in the New Zealand Civil Courts An empirical and theoretical examination of the place of litigants in person in New Zealand's civil courts including the Family Court. The analysis will include examination of the number and profile of litigants in person in the courts currently and explore questions such as the future role of litigants in person and the future direction of our civil courts. E-mail toybr553@student.otago.ac.nz |
Bridgette Toy-Cronin (PhD candidate)University of Otago Research Affiliates
- Professor Mark Henaghan
- Mr Barry Allan
- Associate Professor Donna Buckingham
- Professor Kevin Dawkins
- Professor John Dawson
- Professor Alfred Haug
- Dr Nigel Jamieson
- Ms Selene Mize
- Professor Nicola Peart
- Professor Hilary Radner
- Associate Professor Michael Robertson
- Professor Paul Roth
- Ms Jacinta Ruru
- Dr Saskia Righarts
- Dr Tarja Viitanen
- NZLF Chair in Emerging Technologies
- Centre for Research on Children and Families
- Centre for Theology and Public Issues
- National Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies
- UOLIC Research assistants
- Warren Forster
- Les Neilsen
- Leah Hamilton
University of Otago Legal Issues Centre Advisory Board
- Professor Mark Henaghan (Chair, Dean Faculty of Law)
- Professor Kim Economides (Director, Legal Issues Centre)
- Ms Miriam Dean, QC, CNZM (President, New Zealand Bar Association)
- Judge Colin Doherty (Chairman of the District Court Civil Committee)
- Mr and Mrs Grant and Marilyn Nelson (GAMA Foundation)
- Sir John Hansen (Consultant)
- Mr Jack Hodder (Partner, Chapman Tripp)
- Mr Julian Miles, QC (Shortland Chambers)
Visiting Fellows in the University of Otago Legal Issues Centre
- Professor Dame Hazel Genn (September 2009)
- The Honourable Geoffrey Davies AO (September 2009) [further information on his research - Otago Law Review 12/2 2010]
- Professor W. Brent Cotter (January-April 2011) [further information on his research]
- Professor Reid Mortensen (August 2011) [further information on his research]
- Professor Brad Wendel (Feb - June 2012) [further information on his research]
General Enquiries
Email: lic@otago.ac.nz
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