Pragmatism, Principle, and Power in Common Law Constitutional Systems: Essays in Honour of Bruce Harris


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Bruce Harris has left an indelible mark on public law across the common law world. In this Festschrift, commentators explore key themes including the nature of executive power, issues concerning the judiciary, and the future of unwritten constitutions. This collection of essays conveys a distinctively pragmatic approach to public law, relevant to scholars and practitioners alike.

Author: Sam Bookman, Edward Willis, Hanna Wilberg
Publisher: Intersentia
Published: 03/31/2022
Pages: 326
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.60w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781839701986
ISBN10: 1839701986
BISAC Categories:
- Law | Constitutional

About the Author
SAM BOOKMAN is a SJD (doctoral) candidate at Harvard Law School. He completed an LLB (Hons) at the University of Auckland, and his LLM studies at Harvard Law School, where he was the recipient of the Kaufman Public Service Venture Fellowship. His work has been published in the New Zealand Law Review, the New Zealand Law Journal and New Zealand Universities Law Review. Sam worked as a judge's clerk for the Chief District Court Judge of New Zealand and is Staff Attorney at the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice. EDWARD WILLIS specialises in public law, with particular interests in constitutional theory, administrative decision-making, regulation and competition (antitrust) law. His current research interests include theorising unwritten constitutions, the role of public law values in shaping private law and private ordering, and regulatory design and implementation. He practised as a barrister and solicitor for over 10 years and is currently a Lecturer at the University of Auckland Faculty of Law. He is co-editor of the New Zealand Law Review and book review editor for the Public Law Review. In 2012 he was awarded the Rex Mason Prize for his article ''On Regulatory Uncertainty''.HANNA WILBERG is an Associate Professor at the University of Auckland. Her main research areas are administrative law and the tort liability of public authorities. Her publications include Wilberg and Elliott (eds) The Scope and Intensity of Substantive Review (Hart, 2015). She has twice won the NZ Legal Research Foundation's annual best article award, most recently for a chapter entitled ''Interpretive Presumptions Assessed against Legislators' Understanding'' in Elliott, Varuhas and Wilson-Stark (eds), The Unity of Public Law? (Hart, 2018) 193.MAX HARRIS's DPhil (PhD), completed at the University of Oxford as an Examination Fellow, was on the prerogative and third source, including the work of Bruce Harris. He holds a BA/LLB(Hons.) from the University of Auckland, and BCL and MPP degrees from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He is co-editor (with Simon Mount QC) of The Promise of Law: Essays Marking the Retirement of Dame Sian Elias as Chief Justice (LexisNexis, 2019); is the author of a book on New Zealand politics, The New Zealand Project (Bridget Williams Books, 2017); and has published work in the Journal of Contract Law, the European Human Rights Law Review, the New Zealand Universities Law Review, and elsewhere. He has also worked as a campaigner and political advisor.

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