Faculty of Law Annual 2004 - 2005 Eden Crescent CONTENTS
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Eden Crescent Faculty of Law Annual 2004 - 2005 Eden Crescent CONTENTS Message from the Dean 01 22 Professor Greenberg is the Legal Research Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow From Auckland to Oxford: Farewell 02 2005 to our Julie 23 Professor Jim Evans Retires The Rt. Hon. David Russell Lange ONZ, 03 CH, LLM, 1942 - 2005 24 The Equal Justice Project Associate Dean for Alumni & Advancement 04 25 2005 Law Postgraduate Programme New Appointments and Promotions 05 27 Mayo Memorial Funding Boosts Research Distinguished Visiting Fellow: The Rt. Hon. 08 The Making of Modern Law is the Making E W Thomas of Modern Legal Research Alumni News in Brief 09 28 Our American Friends In Memoriam: Kerry Russell McQuoid 12 30 Peter Sankoff graduates with an LLM from (1970-2005) Osgoode Hall Law School Inaugural Hood Fund Fellow Hosted by Law 14 Student Successes School 31 Auckland Alumni Make Partnership in New Dr Don McMorland Retires from the Law 15 York Law Firms Faculty 32 JF Northey Memorial Book Award Peter Devonshire Wins Distinguished Teaching Award Launch of Te Tai Haruru - The Journal of Maori Legal Writing The Greg Everard Memorial Mooting Competition 33 Faculty of Law Publications and Conference Papers The Auckland University Law Review 16 37 Controlling Persistently Vexatious Litigants - Trajectories of Law in History: The Future 17 some historical notes Behind Us 38 Kerensa Johnston Receives Grant for US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Research within Taranaki Visits 39 'Exporting' Our Comparative Crim Pro Law Two Kiwis at the International Criminal 19 Course Court 40 New Books Non-Calamity Jane 20 Visit by the Radford University Group Eulogy to Sir Trevor Skeet 41 Visitors and Seminars An Honour for Jock Brookfield 21 Message from the Dean Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Jesus College, Cambridge. Our final New York, Columbia, Duke, Virginia new staff member is Professor Jeff and Edinburgh. They succeed others Berryman who has been appointed to a who have completed their postgraduate professorship in the Faculty for a three work, often with distinction. We are year term on a fractional basis; he will proud of them, and of all the others spend the balance of his time at the whose diverse career achievements are Law Faculty of the University of recorded, and of the strong role they Windsor in Canada. play as ambassadors for the Faculty. This year has seen a number of notable It is not only postgraduates who enjoy staff successes. Most recently, David studying overseas. Undergraduates are Williams has been promoted to increasingly taking opportunities to Professor. This is an outstanding study abroad for a semester as part of achievement that has met with their undergraduate experience. With a widespread acclaim as due recognition number of University and Faculty of David's scholarship, teaching and agreements in place, this year students many other abilities. Jo Manning, who Photo: Scott Optican from the Auckland Law Faculty have is a renowned specialist in medical law, studied at the Universities of was promoted late last year to Professor Stuart McCutcheon assumed California, McGill, British Columbia Associate Professor. Peter Devonshire, office as Vice-Chancellor of The (UBC), Toronto, Indiana, Copenhagen, widely recognised as an outstanding University of Auckland in January this Lund, Glasgow and Nottingham. teacher in the Law School, won one of year. Shortly thereafter he visited the Undergraduate visitors to study at three Sustained Excellence in Teaching Law Faculty, met a number of staff and Auckland have come from universities Awards offered as part of the 2004 friends of the Law School and opened in Copenhagen, Glasgow, Hong Kong, University of Auckland Teaching the Marylyn Mayo Rare Book Room. Indiana, Lyons, Singapore (NUS), Excellence Awards. Rick Bigwood This room, a generous gift from Dr Toronto, Uppsala, Stockholm and won the JF Northey Memorial Book John Mayo in memory of his wife, Cornell. In 2006 we will welcome for Award for his book, Exploitative Marylyn, a graduate of this Law the first time undergraduates for a Contracts; Peter Sankoff completed his Faculty, is an important repository for semester from Kansas, Western Ontario LLM at Osgoode Hall and Jock rare reports, texts and statutes and an and William and Mary College. Brookfield was appointed a enduring reminder of the role the Companion of the New Zealand Order Faculty has played in the lives of so Further international links have been of Merit. many erstwhile students. Thanks to fostered this year by the many visitors John Mayo's kindness the Rare Book the Faculty has hosted and by the As always, there are a number of Room will be integrated into the numerous contributions of staff farewells to record. In May this year planning and development of the new members to conferences, colloquia, Professor Jim Evans and Dr Don Law Faculty building due to be research programmes and scholarly McMorland retired. Jim spent some 36 completed in 2009 on a site near the publications. Two of our most eminent years of his working life at the Faculty, ClockTower at the heart of the City visitors this year have been from the researching and teaching in many areas Campus. United States, Supreme Court Justice and always contributing to lively and Antonin Scalia and Professor Jack rigorous debate. Don has spent almost Although details of the new building Greenberg from Columbia University as long at the Faculty, teaching Land have yet to be finalised, the Law (details at pages 17 and 22). In Law and Vendor and Purchaser, Faculty will plan for increased numbers addition, the Faculty was fortunate to although he has lectured part-time since of students in Part I of the LLB as it host one of the first Hood Fund 1992. Both are already sorely missed. moves to open-entry into Part I (from Fellows, Dr Ngaire Woods, of Oxford Finally, our Faculty Accountant, 2007) and as it contributes to the University, and to have had an Jonathan Taylor, leaves us next month General Education papers offered from outstanding range of participants in our for a new position with a commercial 2006 as part of the University's degree seminar series and in the Masters firm. Jonathan has been an excellent restructuring programme. However, programme (details at pages 41-44). colleague and, while we wish him all entry into Part II of the LLB will the very best for the future, we are very generally remain limited to 300 This year the Faculty welcomed a sorry to see him go. students with strong academic marks number of new staff. Three alumni across their Part I year or a prior degree have returned to join the staff after As this is the last Eden Crescent in (as at present). postgraduate study. Amokura Kawharu which I shall write a Dean's Message, I and John Ip studied at Cambridge and would like to record my thanks to all The fine calibre of our student body is Columbia respectively and are now my colleagues and friends in the underlined again this year in many of settling in to full-time academic life. Faculty, wider University and legal the following pages. It is a source of Richard Ekins is the third alumnus to profession and to students, past and great pride that so many students opt to return. He has completed his BCL and present, for their support and pursue postgraduate legal research, is now studying for his DPhil at friendship. It has been an honour to be often at world-renowned universities Oxford. Thus Richard currently only Dean of such a fine Faculty. I will and often with scholarship assistance. has a fractional position at the Law treasure the memories of my time here. This year University of Auckland School. In the middle of the year, Chris graduates will be studying at the Hare joined us from a Fellowship at Julie Maxton 01 From Auckland to Oxford: Farewell to our Julie Julie Maxton arrived in Christchurch in Council). She has been a member of Watts, who was Deputy Dean for 1978 to begin her law teaching career the Legislation Advisory Committee almost the entire period of her at a tender age, fresh from studying law since 2001. Deanship and who acted as Dean for at University College, London and the periods Julie was otherwise completing the bar finals in London. The same record of service can be seen engaged on University business. Peter's After seven happy years in in the University. Right from the analytical mind, efficiency, directness, Christchurch, Julie followed her beginning of her career, Julie has sat on work ethic and utter decency are husband (Jim Carson) to Auckland, and University committees. Legal issues are legendary in the Law School. Together, we at the Law School were the lucky often close to the surface of this work the administrative tag team of Maxton beneficiaries of that move. Lateral and consequently lawyers do more than and Watts were indomitable, able to movement of teachers between New their fair share on such committees. On wrestle any problem to the ground. I Zealand law schools is uncommon, and occasions Julie's legal abilities have cannot remember, in my time in the the University of Canterbury's been called on more directly by the law school, such an impressive considerable loss was our major gain. University. For example, last year she administrative team effort. coordinated the University's case in the At Auckland, Julie rose rapidly up the High Court challenging the Tertiary It is difficult for outsiders to gauge the academic ranks: Senior lecturer in Education Commission's wrong-headed vitality of the Law School, and so the 1987, then Associate Professor and decision to compare the research Dean, as the “public face” of the Law Professor in quick succession in 1993 grading of New Zealand academics School, is often taken as a barometer of and Dean of Law from 2000 to the end with those elsewhere based on different the Law School's health.