Visiting Professorship 2010 Lectures
10 December 2010
The NZ-UK Link Foundation, in conjunction with the School of Advanced Study, University of London, hosted Professor Margaret Wilson DCNZM, Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of Waikato, New Zealand, under its inaugural Foundation's Visiting Professorship programme. Professor Wilson's lectures were presented between October 2010 and January 2011. The October, November, and December lecture notes can be accessed by clicking on the links below. Professor Margaret Wilson was the first woman Speaker of the NZ Parliament (2005-8), first woman President of the NZ Labour Party (1984-87) and a prominent MP throughout her parliamentary career (1999 - 2008). She was appointed a Minister on her entry into Parliament and between 1999-2004 held a number of portfolios including Attorney-General, Commerce and Labour. The Foundation’s purpose is to make an ongoing and substantial contribution to the intellectual, educational, vocational and academic underpinning of the bilateral NZ-UK relationship in a changing world. For more information, please contact Julian Wathen at jwconsult@btinternet.com or 07974 564591.
Files
- Wilson Lecture 1 November 2010 - Who Makes the Law? The Role of the Supreme Court in New Zealand's Constitutional Arrangements
- Download: 20101101_Who_Makes_the_Law_Lecture_Final_Script_(2).pdf (130.2 KB)
- Wilson Lecture 27 October 2010 - Hung Parliaments, Coalition Governments and Proportional Representation
- Download: 20101027_Hung_Parliaments_Lecture_Final_Script_(2).pdf (98.22 KB)
- Wilson Lecture 6 December 2010 - Mainstreaming Human Rights in Public Policy
- Download: 20101206_Human_Rights_Lecture_Final_Script.pdf (78.33 KB)