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Edward Willis imageAssociate Professor

LLM (Victoria, Wellington), PhD (Auckland)

Contact

Email edward.willis@otago.ac.nz

Teaching

Edward currently teaches Legal System and Competition Law. He also has previous experience teaching Public Law and Administrative Law.

Research

Edward's research interests are in constitutional theory (especially as applied to the New Zealand constitution), all aspects of public law (including rights issues, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and administrative law), competition law and business regulation. He is currently undertaking a major project interrogating the public law dimension of business regulation.

Background

Edward has an LLM with Distinction from Victoria University of Wellington and a PhD from the University of Auckland. He joined the Law Faculty at the University of Otago in 2023. Prior to that he was a practising lawyer for 12 years until joining the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland in 2018. Edward continues to mix practical experience from his time in practice with theoretical insights as part of scholarship.

Publications

Willis, E. (2025). A reappraisal of deference to expert regulators in light of the end of the Chevron doctrine. Legal Studies, 45, 414-431. doi: 10.1017/lst.2025.10100 Journal - Research Article

Willis, E. (2025). [Review of the book Introduction to regulation and governance]. European Journal of Risk Regulation. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1017/err.2025.10051 Journal - Research Other

Willis, E. (2025, February). Self-regulation: Mediating private law and public interest [Panel: Private law and regulation]. Verbal presentation at the Charting the Future of Private Law in Aotearoa New Zealand Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Willis, E. (2024). Comity in the courts and in the constitution. New Zealand Law Journal, (8), 288-290. Journal - Research Article

Willis, E. (2023, July). Nature and limits of private law in responding to tragedy. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy (ASLP) Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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