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

The Languages of Constitutional Dialogue: Bargaining in the Shadow of the People

Matthew S. R. Palmer, Laskin Visiting Professor of Public Law, Osgoode Hall Law School

Abstract

The 2007 Bora Laskin Annual Lecture at Osgoode Hall Law School analyzes law and policy as different languages in which the judicial and political branches of government speak and think - the languages of law and policy. It asks what the languages should be in which constitutional dialogue is conducted and, in particular, whether judges should always be required to be legally trained.

Suggested Citation

Matthew S. R. Palmer. "The Languages of Constitutional Dialogue: Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law" (2007 Laskin Lecture, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. Toronto, Canada. Jan. 2007).

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