Matthew Palmer
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Matthew Simon Russell Palmer (born 12 May 1964) is a prominent New Zealand
New Zealand
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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
Victoria University of Wellington
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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
Prime Minister of New Zealand
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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. A major book, the result of his fellowship, The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand's law and constitution was published in November 2008.
Along with his father, he is co-author of Bridled Power, regarded as the pre-eminent text on New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
public law
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