Matthew S. R. Palmer

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Deputy Solicitor-General (Public Law), New Zealand
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Expertise

Constitutional Design
Indigenous Peoples Rights
Comparative Constitutional Law
Law, Economics and Political Organization

Courses/Seminars

Law and Policy, Faculty of Law Hong Kong University, January 2011
Law in the Public Sector, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington 2009-2011
Comparative Indigenous Peoples' Rights: Of Constitutions, Culture and Claims, Yale Law School, Fall 2007
LAWS 213 Public Law, Victoria University of Wellington, 2004-2006
LAWS 505 Advanced Public Law, Victoria University of Wellington, 2001-2003
Comparative Indigenous Peoples Rights Seminar, University of Chicago Law School, Fall 1998
The Treaty of Waitangi Honours Seminar, Victoria University of Wellington, 1997
Law and Economics Honours Seminar, Victoria University of Wellington, 1988, 1989

Honors & Awards

Fellow, Law and Economics Association of New Zealand
Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Law and Honorary Research Associate, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington
Awarded the Legal Research Foundation J F Northey Memorial Book Award for the best book published by a New Zealand-based author in 2008: The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand's Law and Constitution.
Fulbright New Zealand Senior Scholar, Yale Law School, Fall 2007
Awarded the Legal Research Foundation Sir Ian Barker Published Article Award for the best article, essay or discrete book chapter published by a New Zealand-based author in 2005 or 2006 (Copy of article in Public Law Review posted on this site).
Herbert Smith Visitor, Faculty of Law, & Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, Lent and Easter Terms, 2007
Laskin Professor of Public Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, January 2007
New Zealand Law Foundation's 2005 International Research Fellow (2006-2008)
2005 Horace E. Read Memorial Lecture, Dalhousie Law School, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Evidence to the Short Inquiry into Executive/Judiciary Relations

Matthew S. R. Palmer, Herbert Smith Visitor, Cambridge Law Faculty

Abstract

On Wednesday 9 May 2007 I gave evidence to the House of Lords Constitution Committee on the nature of constitutional dialogue between branches of government and on New Zealand's experience with the organisation of the Ministry of Justice.

Suggested Citation

Matthew S. R. Palmer. "Evidence to the Short Inquiry into Executive/Judiciary Relations" The Select Committee on the Constitution, House of Lords. London, United Kingdom. May. 2007.

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