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Dr Simon Connell
Accidents and the law, accident compensation, no-fault, tort law, contract law, contract interpretation, law of obligations theory, private law theory, negligence
Professor John Dawson
Mental health law, law governing research,Te Tiriti o Waitangi / Treaty of Waitangi settlements
Dr Dawn Duncan
Labour law, employment law, labour market regulation and new forms of work, workers’ compensation, ACC and work health and safety, social security law, workplace dispute resolution
Dr Ben France-Hudson
Law and theory of private property, natural resources law, climate change law, land law
Professor Colin Gavaghan – Chair in Emerging Technologies
Emerging technologies, medical law, criminal law
Professor Andrew Geddis
Election law, constitutional theory, rights law
Dr Maria Hook
Private international law, international law, international litigation and dispute settlement, tort law
Alex Latu – Pacific Island Law Students' Association (PILSA) Liaison
Media law, legal theory, law and global governance
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Criminal justice, sentencing and criminal law
Associate Professor Selene Mize
Legal ethics, civil liberties, negotiation, mediation, media law, law and psychology
Professor Jessica Palmer
The law of obligations, restitution, equity and commercial law
Mihiata Pirini – Te Roopū Whai Pūtake
Public and administrative law, Te Tiriti o Waitangi / Treaty of Waitangi’s influence on public decision-making, the relationship between tikanga and state law, legal design
Professor Jacinta Ruru
Tikanga and the law, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Indigenous peoples and the law, Māori scholarship
Professor Struan Scott
Banking law, property law (with particular interest in indefeasibility of title), unjust enrichment, corporate governance
Stephen Eliot Smith
International law, international criminal law, legal history, church and state
Dr Jeanne Snelling
Health law, the regulation of biomedical technologies
Dr Lili Song
Refugee law, Chinese law, Pacific law, law of the sea, public international law issues relating to China or South Pacific island states
Professor Nicki Taylor – Director of Children's Issues Centre
Child and family law, parental separation, relocation, international child abduction, children’s participation in legal proceedings
Dr Bridgette Toy-Cronin
Access to justice, litigants and disputants, dispute resolution design, socio-legal methods for civil justice research
Professor Ceri Warnock
Environmental law, resource management and planning law, public law
Professor Nicola Wheen
Environmental law, public law, Te Tiriti o Waitangi / Treaty of Waitangi, international environmental law
Dr Stephen Young
International human rights law, laws and Indigenous peoples, private law, duties and obligations
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Professor Kevin Dawkins
Professor Geoff Hall
Professor Nicola Peart
Professor Paul Roth
Professor Peter Skegg
Professor John Smillie
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Professor Don McRae
Professor Jeremy Waldron
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