BSc (Alta), JD (Queen’s), LLM (Harv)
Barrister and Solicitor of the Province of Alberta (Canada 2005)
I have been a member of the Faculty of Law since 2006 and a Senior Lecturer since 2011. I attended the University of Alberta and studied law at Queen’s University in Canada and at Harvard Law School. Prior to joining the faculty, I was a clerk to the justices of the Court of Appeal of Alberta and the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta and a barrister and solicitor in the Province of Alberta. In 2005, I was the Visiting Professor of International and Comparative Law at the University of Oklahoma.
Research Interests
International law, international criminal law, legal history, church and state
Contact
Email stephen.smith@otago.ac.nz
Office 8th Floor – 8N4
I am Course Co-ordinator for LAWS101: The Legal System and I oversee the law students who operate the faculty tutorials for first-year students. Any inquiries or issues related to LAWS101 may be sent to me.
Publications
Smith, S. E. (2020). Political perceptions of Mormon polygamy and the struggle for Utah statehood, 1847-1896. In S. W. McBride, B. M. Rogers & K. A. Erekson (Eds.), Contingent citizens: Shifting perceptions of Latter-day Saints in American political culture. (pp. 128-145). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. doi: 10.7591/cornell/9781501716737.003.0009
Fowler, R., & Smith, S. E. (2019). Lessons from Cambodia: Towards a victims-oriented approach to contextual transitional justice. New Zealand Journal of Public & International Law, 17(1), 93-125.
Smith, S. E. (2019). Has the Queen V Strawbridge been resurrected?: Cameron V R and public welfare offences [Case note]. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 28(2), 389-395.
Smith, S. (2017). Besson, Samantha. In M. Sellers & S. Kirste (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the philosophy of law and social philosophy. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_189-1
Smith, S. E. (2014). Reviving the obligatory abstention rule in the UN Security Council: Reform from the inside out. New Zealand Yearbook of International Law, 12, 15-27.
Chapter in Book - Research
Smith, S. E. (2020). Political perceptions of Mormon polygamy and the struggle for Utah statehood, 1847-1896. In S. W. McBride, B. M. Rogers & K. A. Erekson (Eds.), Contingent citizens: Shifting perceptions of Latter-day Saints in American political culture. (pp. 128-145). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. doi: 10.7591/cornell/9781501716737.003.0009
Smith, S. (2017). Besson, Samantha. In M. Sellers & S. Kirste (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the philosophy of law and social philosophy. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_189-1
Journal - Research Article
Fowler, R., & Smith, S. E. (2019). Lessons from Cambodia: Towards a victims-oriented approach to contextual transitional justice. New Zealand Journal of Public & International Law, 17(1), 93-125.
Smith, S. E. (2014). Reviving the obligatory abstention rule in the UN Security Council: Reform from the inside out. New Zealand Yearbook of International Law, 12, 15-27.
Smith, S. E. (2013). The way we do things back home: Do expatriate judges preferentially cite the jurisprudence of their home countries? Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 13(2), 331-345. doi: 10.5235/14729342.13.2.331
Smith, S. E. (2012). “Going through all these things twice”: A brief history of botched executions. Otago Law Review, 12(4), 777-827.
Smith, S. E. (2010). Uncharted waters: Has the Cook Islands become eligible for membership in the United Nations? New Zealand Journal of Public & International Law, 8, 169-215.
Smith, S. E. (2010). Barbarians within the gates: Congressional debates on Mormon polygamy, 1850–1879. Journal of Church & State, 51(4), 587-616. doi: 10.1093/jcs/csq021
Smith, S. E. (2010). Definitely maybe: The outlook for U.S. relations with the International Criminal Court during the Obama administration. Florida Journal of International Law, 22(2), 156-189.
Smith, S. E. (2008). Inventing the laws of gravity: The ICC's initial Lubanga decision and its regressive consequences. International Criminal Law Review, 8(1-2), 331-352. doi: 10.1163/156753608X265321
Journal - Research Other
Smith, S. E. (2019). Has the Queen V Strawbridge been resurrected?: Cameron V R and public welfare offences [Case note]. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 28(2), 389-395.
Smith, S. E. (2011). [Review of the book The principle of legality in international and comparative criminal law]. New Zealand Yearbook of International Law, 9, 404-405.
Smith, S. E. (2011). [Review of the book The philosophy of international law]. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 28(2), 221-223. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5930.2011.00525.x
Smith, S. E. (2010). [Review of the book Statutory interpretation and human rights]. Otago Law Review, 12(2), 429-433.
Smith, S. E. (2009). [Review of the books International criminal law and An introduction to international criminal law and procedure]. Otago Law Review, 12(1), 211-214.
