Research in the Faculty of Law, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ

Research in the Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law currently has members of staff involved in the

Otago Yearbook of Legal Research (OYLR)
The Otago Yearbook of Legal Research (OYLR) is an annual web-based publication featuring the best undergraduate legal research for the year. It commenced in 2006.

The Faculty of Law at the University of Otago is a centre of excellence in research and is carrying out legal research of the highest quality in the following areas of law:

Access to Justice	Professor Kim Economides
Administrative law	Professor Stuart Anderson
Banking law	Associate Professor Struan Scott
Bioethics and Health Law	Professor Mark Henaghan, Professor Nicola Peart
Church & State	Professor Rex Ahdar, Mr Stephen E Smith
Civil Liberties	Ms Selene Mize
Civil Obligations	Professor John Smillie
Commercial law	Mr Giora Shapira, Professor Rex Ahdar
Company law	Mr Giora Shapira
Comparative law	Dr Nigel Jamieson, Professor Kim Economides
Comparative Constitutional Law	Mr Stephen E Smith
Competition law (antitrust)	Professor Rex Ahdar
Computer Assisted Legal Retrieval	Associate Professor Donna Buckingham
Computer-Aided Instruction	Associate Professor Donna Buckingham
Conflict of Laws	Mr Giora Shapira
Constitutional Theory	Mr Andrew Geddis
Consumer Credit	Mr Barry Allan
Corporate Criminal Liability	Mr Barry Allan
Corporate Finance	Ms Shelley Griffiths, Mr Giora Shapira
Corporate Governance	Associate Professor Struan Scott
Corporations (from a law and society perspective)	Mr Michael Robertson
Crime & psychiatry	Professor John Dawson
Criminal law	Ms Margaret Briggs, Professor Kevin Dawkins, Professor Geoff Hall, Professor Mark Henaghan, Professor Richard Mahoney, Professor Peter Skegg, Mr Stephen E Smith
Criminology	Professor Geoff Hall
Economic Analysis of Law	Mr Giora Shapira
Election law	Mr Andrew Geddis
Employment law	Professor Paul Roth
Environmental law	Ms Jacinta Ruru, Ms Nicola Wheen, Mr Ian Williams, Ms Ceri Warnock
Family Law	Professor Mark Henaghan
Family Property Law	Professor Mark Henaghan, Ms Margaret Briggs
Family Property and Succession Law	Professor Nicola Peart
Human Genome and Law	Professor Mark Henaghan
Indigenous Peoples Comparative Law	Ms Jacinta Ruru
Intellectual property	Professor John Smillie
International Criminal Law	Mr Stephen E Smith
International Economic Law	Dr Tracey Epps
International Environmental Law	Ms Nicola Wheen, Ms Ceri Warnock
International Human Rights Law	Professor Paul Roth, Mr Stephen E Smith
International Institutions	Professor Kevin Dawkins
International Trade Law	Mr Giora Shapira, Dr Tracey Epps
Issues Arising from the Use of the Internet	Mr Barry Allan
Jurisprudence (especially critical legal theory and Stanley Fish)	Mr Michael Robertson
Jurisprudence	Dr Nigel Jamieson, Professor Kim Economides
Law and Development	Dr Tracey Epps
Law and Psychology	Ms Selene Mize
Law and Religion	Professor Rex Ahdar
Law Governing Research	Professor John Dawson
Law of Contract	Mr Giora Shapira
Law of Evidence	Associate Professor Donna Buckingham, Professor Richard Mahoney, Mr Stephen E Smith
Law of Obligations	Mrs Jessica Palmer
Law Reform	Professor Kim Economides
Law of Torts	Professor John Smillie
Law of Torts (personal injury)	Ms Judith Ferguson
Law Relating to Children (children's rights, child abuse, medico-legal issues)	Professor Mark Henaghan
Legal Ethics	Ms Selene Mize, Professor Kim Economides
Legal History	Dr Nigel Jamieson, Mr Stephen E Smith
Legal Information Systems	Associate Professor Donna Buckingham
Legal Research Skills	Ms Judith Ferguson
Legal System	Dr Nigel Jamieson, Professor Kim Economides
Legislative Drafting	Dr Nigel Jamieson
Maori Land law	Ms Jacinta Ruru
Media Law	Ms Selene Mize
Mediation processes	Professor Mark Henaghan, Professor Kim Economides
Medical Law	Professor Peter Skegg, Associate Professor Colin Gavaghan
Medical Law & Ethics	Associate Professor Colin Gavaghan
Mental Health Law	Professor John Dawson
Misrepresentation	Mr Barry Allan
Modern Legal History	Professor Stuart Anderson
Negotiation	Ms Selene Mize
Personal Properties Securities Law	Mr Barry Allan
Planning law	Mr Ian Williams
Privacy and Information Law	Professor Paul Roth
Property and Equity	Mrs Jessica Palmer
Property Law	Professor Stuart Anderson, Ms Margaret Briggs, Associate Professor Struan Scott, Professor Nicola Peart
Property Theory	Mr Michael Robertson
Public International Law	Professor Kevin Dawkins
Public law	Professor Geoff Hall, Ms Nicola Wheen
Regulatory Law and Policy	Dr Tracey Epps
Regulation of Capital Markets	Ms Shelley Griffiths
Relationship Property	Professor Mark Henaghan
Rights Theory	Mr Andrew Geddis
Resource Management Law	Ms Ceri Warnock
Sale of Land	Mr Ian Williams
Sentencing	Professor Geoff Hall
Sentencing Information Systems	Professor Geoff Hall
Socio-legal Studies	Professor Kim Economides
Sociology of Law	Professor Kim Economides
Sports Law	Professor Geoff Hall
Statutory Interpretation	Associate Professor Donna Buckingham
Taxation	Ms Shelley Griffiths
Tort Law	Barry Allan
Transport Law	Professor Geoff Hall
Treaty of Waitangi	Ms Jacinta Ruru, Ms Nicola Wheen
Treaty of Waitangi Settlements	Professor John Dawson
Unjust enrichment	Associate Professor Struan Scott, Ms Jessica Palmer

Previous Symposiums and Research

Pacific and Maori Legal Issues Conference 2009

Sustainable Building Issues for the 21st Century - Nils Larsson
The Otago Energy Research Centre held the "Sustainable Building Issues for the 21st Century" presentation by Nils Larsson,
was held on 19 Nov 2007 - click here for detailed information

The Faculty of Law hosted a one-day Symposium entitled "In Good Faith" in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the New Zealand Maori Council v Attorney-General [1987] 1 NZLR 641 Court of Appeal case on Friday the 29th of June 2007. Symposium Proceedings are now available for purchase.

Inaugural Professorial Lectures held in the faculty are available here.