Edward currently teaches parts of the Legal System and Jurisprudence courses, as well as 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.
Forthcoming publications
“Interpretive Presumptions: Catalysts for Constitutional Reasoning” (forthcoming 2022, accepted for publication by New Zealand Law Review).
Publications
Willis, E. (2023). Competition law reimagined? Competition studies in New Zealand. New Zealand Law Review, (2), 191-212.
Journal - Research Article
Burton Crawford, L., Blayden, L., Meagher, D., Wilberg, H., & Willis, E. (2023, July). Protecting rights through statutory interpretation: Perspectives from the antipodes. Verbal presentation at the ICON·S Conference: Islands and Ocean: Public Law in a Plural World, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Willis, E. (2023). Judging the minimum voting age. New Zealand Law Journal, (1), 17-19.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E., & Wilberg, H. (2022). Introduction. In S. Bookman, E. Willis, H. Wilberg & M. Harris (Eds.), Pragmatism, principle, and power in common law constitutional systems: Essays in honour of Bruce Harris. (pp. 1-10). Cambridge, UK: Intersentia. doi: 10.1017/9781839702709.003
Chapter in Book - Research
Willis, E. (2022). Constitutional pragmatism and 'third source' executive authority. In S. Bookman, E. Willis, H. Wilberg & M. Harris (Eds.), Pragmatism, principle, and power in common law constitutional systems: Essays in honour of Bruce Harris. (pp. 29-59). Cambridge, UK: Intersentia. doi: 10.1017/9781839702709.005
Chapter in Book - Research
Willis, E. (2022). Unwritten constitutionalism: Stability without entrenchment. Public Law, 3, 386-405. doi: 10.3316/agispt.20220620069050
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E., & Millington, L. (2022). Competition law and non-economic considerations: The particular case of democracy. Journal of International & Comparative Law, 9(1), 51-74.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E. (2021). The systemic nature of convention and its implications for judicial enforcement. Public Law Review, 32(2), 149-165.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E. (2021). [Review of the book Constitutional idolatry and democracy: Challenging the infatuation with writtenness]. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 19, 1177-1181. doi: 10.1093/icon/moab086
Journal - Research Other
Willis, E. (2021). D v New Zealand Police: A comment on rights-consistent statutory interpretation in New Zealand. Public Law Review, 32(3), 190-194.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E. (2019). The Treaty of Waitangi: Narrative, tension, constitutional reform. New Zealand Law Review, (2), 185-214.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E. (2018). [Review of the book Political jurisprudence]. Public Law Review, 29, 173-175.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E. (2018). Political constitutionalism: The "critical morality" of constitutional politics. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 28(2), 237-259.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E., & Blair, A. (2017). Reprieve for statutory reference to the rule of law. New Zealand Law Journal, 2, 44-45.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E. (2016). Differences between written and unwritten constitutions. Law Talk, 901, 26-27.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Willis, E. (2015). Unwritten constitutionalism: A study of the principles and structures that inform New Zealand's distinctively unwritten constitution (PhD). University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2292/26839
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Blair, A., & Willis, E. (2015). Legislative reference to the rule of law. New Zealand Law Journal, 7, 251-252.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E. (2014). Limits on constitutional authority. Waikato Law Review, 22, 87-116.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E. (2014). Constitutional authority: Legitimising the exercise of public power in New Zealand. New Zealand Law Review, 2, 265-302.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E. (2013). PPPs and public law. New Zealand Law Journal, 10, 380-383.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E. (2013). The Commerce Commission v Air New Zealand [2011] NZCA 64 [New Zealand Centre for Human Rights Law, Policy & Practice Working Papers Series: Freedom of Expression]. Auckland, New Zealand: University of Auckland Law School.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Willis, E. (2012). Retail market intervention and the evolution of economic regulation. New Zealand Business Law Quarterly, 18(2), 127-146.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E. (2012). On regulatory uncertainty. New Zealand Law Journal, 7, 232-234.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E. (2011). Agenda-driven interpretation. New Zealand Law Journal, 1, 25-26.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E. (2011). Judicial review and deference. New Zealand Law Journal, 8, 283-284.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E. (2010). Legal recognition of rights derived from the Treaty of Waitangi. New Zealand Journal of Public & International Law, 8(2), 217-237.
Journal - Research Article
Willis, E. (2010). The interpretation of environmental legislation in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Environmental Law, 14, 135-160.
Journal - Research Article