Public Law covers both traditional constitutional and administrative law as well as more specialised work on the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and the Treaty of Waitangi.
A specialisation is a focused collection of courses within a programme that allows you to gain deep, targeted knowledge in a specific sub-field. Normally these courses make up more than 50 percent of a qualification, some of which lead to registration within a certain field. They may be interdisciplinary, professionally oriented, or designed to meet accreditation requirements. Specialisations often restrict elective choice in favour of a clearly defined study plan.
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Auckland Law School has a core group of public lawyers whose work covers both traditional constitutional and administrative law and the two main modern additions: study of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and the Treaty of Waitangi. In addition, there is a wider grouping of staff that works in specialist fields such as local government and resource management, health and mental health law, and immigration and refugee law. The faculty regularly attracts visits from leading international Public Law scholars and has hosted several conferences on aspects of Public Law in recent years, often in conjunction with the Legal Research Foundation. We offer several papers in Public Law in part IV of the undergraduate LLB*: • Administrative Law • Advanced Public Law • Comparative Constitutional Law • Comparative Indigenous Law Topics • Contemporary Tiriti Issues • Counterterrorism Law and Policy • Healthcare Law • Human Rights Theory and its Application • Immigration and Refugee Law • Privacy Law • Public Authority Liability • Rights and Freedoms *Not all courses are offered every year.
MLS - Master of Legal Studies
Public Law covers a wide range of areas including local government and resource management, health and mental health law, and immigration and refugee law.
Our graduates who specialised in Public Law have found employment as lawyers advising on regulatory, legislative and policy issues for central government, other public organisations including local government, and private bodies.
Complete 180 points for either of the following:
Complete 180 points comprising:
Up to 90 points may be substituted from such other 700 level courses as the Dean of Faculty of Law approves from year to year as relevant for inclusion in this specialisation.
Up to 60 points may be substituted from such other 700 level courses as the Dean of Faculty of Law approves from year to year as relevant for inclusion in this specialisation.
Up to 30 points may be substituted from such other 700 level courses as the Dean of Faculty of Law approves from year to year as relevant for inclusion in this specialisation.