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Staff of the Faculty of LawProfessorsProfessor Rick BigwoodPhD ANU, LLB(Hons)Rick Bigwood teaches and writes principally in the field of contract law. He is also the Director of theResearch Centre for Business Law in the Faculty.Professor Klaus BosselmannDr Iur FU BerlinKlaus Bosselmann teaches in the areas of environmental law, international law and governance,comparative law, European law and jurisprudence. He is Director of the New Zealand Centre ofEnvironmental Law, Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law Ethics Specialist Group,executive member of various national and international environmental organisations and has been avisiting professor at universities in the USA, Brazil, Italy, Sweden and Germany. His current researchfocus is on legal issues related to biodiversity, climate change, environmental rights, ecological justiceand multi-level governance. He has published numerous books and articles on environmental law.Professor Warren BrookbanksLLM BDWarren Brookbanks specialises in criminal law and psychiatry and the law and has written extensivelyin both areas. In 2007 he published a third edition of the co-authored text, Simester & Brookbanks,Principles of Criminal Law. Mental Health and the Law, co-authored with Sylvia Bell, and now in itssecond edition, explores the interaction between the mental health system and the law. Anotherpublication in 2007 Psychiatry and the Law co-edited with Dr Sandy Simpson, examines a range of issuesaround forensic psychiatry and law. Warren has been involved in professional consultation for variousorganisations including the New Zealand Law Commission, the Mental Health Commission and theMinistry of Health and is a regular speaker at professional conferences. He was a founder of theOdyssey House Trust and is a former President of the Australia and New Zealand Association ofPsychiatry, Psychology and Law (ANZAPPL).Professor Bruce HarrisLLB(Hons) Otago, LLM Harv.Bruce Harris teaches Public Law and the LLB(Hons) seminar Studies in Public Law. Formerly he has beena litigation lawyer in private practice, lecturer at the University of Otago and Dean of Law at bothOtago and The University of Auckland. He is currently a member of the University Council. His researchinterests are particularly related to the law underpinning the structure and functioning of government.His latest publication is “Replacement of the Royal Prerogative in New Zealand” (2009) 23 NZULR285‐314.Professor Jane KelseyLLB(Hons) Well., BCL Oxf., MPhil Camb., PhDJane Kelsey is committed to critical socio-legal scholarship which brings law into contact with politics,economics, social justice, colonialism and international relations. Jane has written numerous books,reports and many articles on the restructuring of the New Zealand state since 1984, the Treaty ofWaitangi and globalisation. She teaches in areas of law and policy, international economic regulationand law and society. She is a frequent speaker and participant in national and internationalforums on colonialism, globalisation and structural adjustment.2010 Faculty of Law Handbook | 111