I am a Professor of Law, with research and teaching interests in property law, public law and legal history. Currently my major research project concerns the nineteenth century history of public law and property law, for publication in the Victorian volumes of a projected multi-volume, multi-authored, history of the laws of England. I am the author of Lawyers and the Making of English Land Law 1832-1940 (Oxford, 1992).
While at Otago I have been Dean of the Faculty of Law for five years from 1993 and again from July 1999 until February 2001. I came here in 1990, having been a lecturer at the University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor at Hertford College, Oxford. Before that I was a lecturer in the Law Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
I am currently a member of the University's Committee for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, and from time to time I have been a member of various other committees, panels, boards and working parties.
Research Interests
Administrative Law, Modern Legal History, Property law.
Contact
Email stuart.anderson@otago.ac.nz
Publications
Anderson, S. (2015). Going for the broke: Making bankruptcy law in New Zealand c. 1860-1867. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 26(3), 507-534.
Anderson, S. (2011). Harris v Fitzherbert: Customary rights of labour on a shore whaling station. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 42(4), 639-651.
Anderson, S. (2011). [Review of the book The permanent New Zealand Court of Appeal: Essays on the first 50 years]. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 24(3), 488-498.
Anderson, S. (2010). [Review of the book Judicial review: A New Zealand perspective]. New Zealand Law Journal, 10, 373-374.
Cornish, W., Anderson, S., Cocks, R., Lobban, M., Polden, P., & Smith, K. (Eds.). (2010). Oxford history of the laws of England: 1820-1914: English legal system (Vol. XI). Oxford University Press, 1276p.
Cornish, W., Anderson, S., Cocks, R., Lobban, M., Polden, P., & Smith, K. (Eds.). (2010). Oxford history of the laws of England: 1820-1914: English legal system (Vol. XI). Oxford University Press, 1276p.
Edited Book - Research
Cornish, W., Anderson, S., Cocks, R., Lobban, M., Polden, P., & Smith, K. (Eds.). (2010). Oxford history of the laws of England: 1820-1914: Fields of development (Vol. XIII). Oxford University Press, 1106p.
Edited Book - Research
Cornish, W., Anderson, S., Cocks, R., Lobban, M., Polden, P., & Smith, K. (Eds.). (2010). Oxford history of the laws of England: 1820-1914: Private law (Vol. XII). Oxford University Press, 1190p.
Edited Book - Research
Anderson, S. (2010). Central executive: The legal structure of state institutions. In W. Cornish & et al (Eds.), Oxford history of the laws of England: 1820-1914: English legal system (Vol. XI). (pp. 342-384). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199258819.001.0001
Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, S. (2010). Changing the nature of real property law. In W. Cornish & et al (Eds.), Oxford history of the laws of England: 1820-1914: Private Law (Vol. XII). (pp. 179-231). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199258826.001.0001
Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, S. (2010). Judicial review. In W. Cornish & et al (Eds.), Oxford history of the laws of England: 1820-1914: English legal system (Vol. XI). (pp. 486-524). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199258819.001.0001
Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, S. (2010). Land transactions: Settlements and sales. In W. Cornish & et al (Eds.), Oxford history of the laws of England: 1820-1914: Private Law (Vol. XII). (pp. 79-109). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199258826.001.0001
Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, S. (2010). Leases, mortgages, and servitudes. In W. Cornish & et al (Eds.), Oxford history of the laws of England: 1820-1914: Private Law (Vol. XII). (pp. 110-178). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199258826.001.0001
Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, S. (2010). Local government. In W. Cornish & et al (Eds.), Oxford history of the laws of England: 1820-1914: English legal system (Vol. XI). (pp. 423-485). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199258819.001.0001
Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, S. (2010). Parliament. In W. Cornish & et al (Eds.), Oxford history of the laws of England: 1820-1914: English legal system (Vol. XI). (pp. 301-341). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199258819.001.0001
Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, S. (2010). Property rights in land: Reforming the heritage. In W. Cornish & et al (Eds.), Oxford history of the laws of England: 1820-1914: Private Law (Vol. XII). (pp. 47-78). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199258826.001.0001
Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, S. (2010). Succession, inheritance, and the family. In W. Cornish & et al (Eds.), Oxford history of the laws of England: 1820-1914: Private Law (Vol. XII). (pp. 3-46). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199258826.001.0001
Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, S. (2010). The army. In W. Cornish & et al (Eds.), Oxford history of the laws of England: 1820-1914: English legal system (Vol. XI). (pp. 401-422). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199258819.001.0001
Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, S. (2010). The Church and the State. In W. Cornish & et al (Eds.), Oxford history of the laws of England: 1820-1914: English legal system (Vol. XI). (pp. 385-400). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199258819.001.0001
Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, S. (2010). Trusts and trustees. In W. Cornish & et al (Eds.), Oxford history of the laws of England: 1820-1914: Private Law (Vol. XII). (pp. 232-296). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199258826.001.0001
Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, S. J. (2009). Land registration in English common law. In S. N. Katz (Ed.), The Oxford international encyclopedia of legal history. (pp. 7-10). Oxford University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, S. (2008). Tulk v Moxhay (1848). In P. Cane & J. Conaghan (Eds.), The new Oxford companion to the law. (pp. 1197-1198). Oxford University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, J. S. (1998). The 1925 property legislation: setting contexts. In S. Bright & J. Dewar (Eds.), Land Law Themes and Perspectives. (pp. 107-128). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, S. (2015). Going for the broke: Making bankruptcy law in New Zealand c. 1860-1867. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 26(3), 507-534.
Journal - Research Article
Anderson, S. (2011). Harris v Fitzherbert: Customary rights of labour on a shore whaling station. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 42(4), 639-651.
Journal - Research Article
Anderson, S. (2010). Commercial law on the beach: Shore whaling litigation in early colonial New Zealand: Macfarlane v Crummer (1845). Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 41(3), 453-471.
Journal - Research Article
Anderson, S. (2009). ‘Grave injustice’, 'despotic privilege': The insecure foundations of crown liability for torts in New Zealand. Otago Law Review, 12(1), 1-22.
Journal - Research Article
Anderson, J. S. (2002). Discretion and the rule of law: The Licensing of drink in England c.1817-40. Journal of Legal History, 23(1), 45-59. doi: 10.1080/01440362308539641
Journal - Research Article
Anderson, S. (2011). [Review of the book The permanent New Zealand Court of Appeal: Essays on the first 50 years]. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 24(3), 488-498.
Journal - Research Other
Anderson, S. (2008). [Review of the book The making of Australian property law]. Otago Law Review, 11(4), 725-728.
Journal - Research Other
Anderson, S. (2010). [Review of the book Judicial review: A New Zealand perspective]. New Zealand Law Journal, 10, 373-374.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Anderson, S. (2007). [Review of the book Land law]. New Zealand Law Journal, 6, 202.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
