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Elsabe SchoemanBLC Pret., LLD S.Af.Elsabe Schoeman teaches and researches in conflict of laws (private international law). Her main focus ison jurisdiction and choice of law in transborder litigation involving international contracts, torts, propertyand family law. She has published several articles and contributions to books in those fields, as well as amonograph on private international law.Paul SumpterLLM Lond., LLB, MAPaul Sumpter specialises in intellectual property law, an area in which he practised over many yearsprimarily in Auckland but also in Sydney. He is the author of “Trade Marks in Practice” and “IntellectualProperty: Principles in Practice”, a member of the Copyright Tribunal and a consultant to ChapmanTripp, solicitors,Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.Nin TomasBA LLB(Hons), PhDNin is from Te Tai Tokerau (Northland). Her teaching and research includes legal method and differentconceptualisations of law as a process for regulating relationships amongst people. It includescomparative-based studies between tikanga Maori and Pakeha law, the legal process and justice, and itsapplication by the judiciary. Nin’s research interests include indigenous peoples’ property and resourcerights, and the development of indigenous law and justice systems.Hanna WilbergBA LLB(Hons) Otago, BCL MPhil Oxf.Hanna teaches Public Law, Torts, Judicial Review and Public Authority Liability. Her research rangesacross administrative law, public authority liability, the NZ Bill of Rights, the Treaty of Waitangi, andstatutory interpretation. Prior to joining the faculty, she taught in the UK, practiced law at the CrownLaw Office and worked as a Judges’ Clerk at the Court of Appeal.LecturersMohsen al AttarBCL Ott., LLM Texas, LLM StockholmMohsen specialises in public/private international law with particular interest in trade and human rightsmatters. His research focuses primarily on Third to First World legal relations, the impact socialmovements have on the direction of international law, and the emancipatory potential of participatorylawmaking. In addition, Mohsen teaches Islamic law and has recently received a substantial grant toexamine whether the Siyar — international Islamic law — might be useful in helping to shape a moreequitable global trading regime. Finally, Mohsen is also passionate about critical legal pedagogy andtheability of education to undermine many of the established and illegitimate hierarchies we often take forgranted.Richard EkinsBCL, MPhil, DPhil Oxon., BA LLB(Hons)Richard teaches Jurisprudence and Statute Law. His research interests are in legal and politicalphilosophy and constitutional law and theory, with particular emphasis on legislative authority andstatutory interpretation. He has worked as a Judges Clerk at the Auckland High Court and taughtconstitutional law and jurisprudence at Balliol College, Oxford.116| 2010 Faculty of Law Handbook