Matthew Palmer

This article is about the New Zealand academic. For the Major League Baseball pitcher, see Matt Palmer.

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Matthew Simon Russell Palmer (born 12 May 1964) is a prominent New Zealand legal academic and public servant. Palmer was the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Government Relations), Dean of Law, and Director of the New Zealand Centre for Public Law at Victoria University of Wellington from January 2001 until June 2006. He was previously Deputy Secretary of Justice (Public Law). He is currently Deputy Solicitor-General (Public Law) with the Crown Law Office.

He is son of former Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer, who was also a professor of law at Victoria University for many years. In 2005 he was the recipient of the NZ Law Foundation International Research Fellowship Te Karahipi Rangahau A Taiao. ^[1] A major book, the result of his fellowship, The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand's law and constitution was published in November 2008.^[2]

Along with his father, he is co-author of Bridled Power, regarded as the pre-eminent text on New Zealand public law.

References

1. ^ http://www.lawfoundation.org.nz/awards/irf/irf-2005.htm
2. ^ http://works.bepress.com/matthew_palmer/

External links

• Farewell speech
• Book description

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Name	Palmer, Matthew
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Date of birth	12 May 1964
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