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Publications Grant Morris

Books

  • Law Alive: The New Zealand Legal System in Context (4th ed, Thomson Reuters, Wellington, 2019).
  • (with Annabel Shaw) Mediation in New Zealand (Thomson Reuters, Wellington, 2018).
  • Prendergast: Legal Villain? (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2014) pp 271.
  • Law Alive: The New Zealand Legal System in Context (3rd ed, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2014) pp 271.
  • Law Alive: The New Zealand Legal System in Context (2nd ed, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2011) pp 254.
  • Law Alive: The New Zealand Legal System in Context (Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2009) pp 224.

Edited journal

  • Victoria University of Wellington Law Review Special Issue: Recovering the Common Good (2013) 44(2) 99 pp.

Chapters

  • (with Geoff Sharp) "New Zealand" in Raymond Leung (ed) Asia Mediation Handbook (Hong Kong, Sweet & Maxwell, 2015) 17 pp.
  • "The History of the NZ Legal Profession’ in Palmer M (ed) Professional Responsibility in NZ (Wellington, Lexis Nexis, 2015) 8 pp.
  • "Pedagogy versus Efficiency: The Challenges of Assessing Large Classes" in Luanna H Meyer, Susan Davidson, Helen Anderson, Richard Fletcher, Patricia M Johnston & Malcolm Rees (eds) Tertiary Assessment and Higher Education Student Outcomes: Policy, Practice and Research (Ako Aotearoa, Wellington, 2009) pp 97-105.
  • "'The Final Legal Frontier': The Treaty of Waitangi and the Creation of Legal Boundaries between Maori and Pakeha in New Zealand Society" in L Russell (ed) Colonial Frontiers: Indigenous-European Encounters in Settler Societies (Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2001) pp 119-133.

Articles

  • "Finding the Holy Grail of Commercial Mediation Research: An Empirical Study of Insurance Mediation Users in New Zealand" (2019) 38(4) Civil Justice Quarterly pp 440-458.
  • (with Katie Alexander) "Inclusiveness or Tokenism: Culture and Mediation in New Zealand’s Dispute Resolution Statutory Regimes" (2017) 28 Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal pp 170-180 SSRN.
  • "The gatekeepers: The role of lawyers in the New Zealand commercial mediation market" (2017) 2:1 Mediation Theory and Practice pp 1-33.
  • "From Anecdote to Evidence: The New Zealand Commercial Mediation Market" (2016) 22:1 NZ Business Law Quarterly pp 10-30 SSRN.
  • "Eclecticism versus Purity: Mediation Styles Used in New Zealand Employment Disputes" (2015) 33(2) Conflict Resolution Quarterly pp 203-227 SSRN.
  • "Devils Down Under: Perceptions of Lawyers' Ethics in New Zealand Fiction" (2013) 44 (3/4) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 609-630 SSRN.
  • "Towards a history of mediation in New Zealand’s legal system" (2013) 24 Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal pp 86-101 SSRN.
  • "Foreword: Recovering the Common Good" (2013) 44(2) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review Special Issue: Recovering the Common Good pp 313-317.
  • "Different Seating Charts? The Process of Legal Education as Represented in New Zealand and United States Fiction" (2012) 18 NZ Association of Comparative Law Yearbook pp 117-132 SSRN.
  • "To what extent is the New Zealand Treaty of Waitangi settlement process 'interest-based' negotiation?" Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal, 23 (2012) pp 120-130 SSRN.
  • (with Kimberley Lewis) "Imaginings of Legal Education in New Zealand Fiction" (2010) 20 Legal Education Review 193-222 SSRN.
  • "Bench v Bar: Contempt of Court and the New Zealand Legal Profession in Gillon v MacDonald (1878)" (2010) 41(3) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 541-562 SSRN.
  • "'Salmond's Bench': The New Zealand Supreme Court Judiciary 1920-1924" (2007) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 38(4) pp 813-830 SSRN.
  • "New Zealand Law in Literature and Legal History: A Survey of Legal References in New Zealand Historical Fiction" [2005] ANZLH E-Journal 123.
  • "James Prendergast and the New Zealand Parliament: Issues in the Legislative Council During the 1860s" (2005) 3 New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law (NZJPIL) pp 177-193.
  • "James Prendergast and the Treaty of Waitangi: Judicial Attitudes to the Treaty During the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century" (2004) 35 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 117.

Book review

Conference presentations

  • "Mediators and Gatekeepers: The NZ commercial mediation market" Australian National Mediation Conference 2016 (Gold Coast, Queensland Australia 11–15 September 2016).
  • "Purity versus Eclecticism: Mediation styles used in employment disputes in NZ" Australian National Mediation Conference 2016 (Gold Coast, Queensland Australia 11–15 September 2016).
  • "Lawyers as Gatekeepers in Commercial Mediation" at ALTA 2016 Advancing Better Government, Sustainable Economies, Vibrant Communities: Law's Role? (Wellington, 7–9 July 2016).
  • "Purity versus Eclecticism: Mediating Disputes in the New Zealand Labour Market" for the 3rd Biennial Labour Law Conference of the NZ Labour Law Society (Wellington, November 2015).
  • "Commercial Mediation in New Zealand: An Empirical Study of the Current Market" for the Resolution Institute Congress (Auckland, September 2015).
  • "Commercial mediation in NZ: An empirical study of the current market and suggestions for future development" at AMINZ Conference New Horizons (Wellington, July, 2015).
  • "Devils Down Under: Perceptions of Lawyers' Ethics in New Zealand Fiction" at the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference 2015 (University of Sydney, Sydney, June, 2015).
  • "Different Seating Charts? The Process of Legal Education as Represented in New Zealand and United States Fiction" for the 13th Annual International Conference on Arts and Humanities (Hawaii, January 2015).
  • "A History of Mediation in New Zealand’s legal system" (Australia and NZ Law and History Conference 2013: 'People, Power and Place' Dunedin, November 2013).
  • "A Challenge to New Zealand's Constitutional Traditions? The History of Mediation in New Zealand in the Context of Justice Winkelmann's Defence of the Civil Justice System" at NZCPL Conference 2013 Unearthing New Zealand's Constitutional Traditions (Wellington, August, 2013)
  • "Negotiating History: To what extent is the New Zealand Treaty of Waitangi Settlement Process 'Internet-Based' Negotiation?" Receiving Laws/Giving Laws: 31st Annual Australian and NZ Law and History Society Conference (Sydney, December 2012).
  • "How and why did we 'Get to Yes'? Towards a history of alternative dispute resolution in New Zealand's legal system (1894–2002)" Law, Spaces, Cultures & Empire: Engagements & Legacies (Singapore, July 2012).
  • "The Construction of a Colonial Racist: James Prendergast and the New Zealand Wars, 1865–1881" at the American Society for Legal History Annual Conference (Atlanta, November 2011).
  • "'Teaching Tales': Representations of Legal Education in New Zealand Fiction" at Critic and Conscience 27th Annual Conference of the Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand (Wellington, December, 2010).
  • "Bench v Bar: Contempt of Court and the New Zealand Legal Profession in Gillon v MacDonald at Leading Cases Conference (Wellington, June, 2010).
  • "A Trans-Tasman dialogue: The potential for Australasian Law and Literature Relationships" 2009 Law and Literature Association of Australia Conference (December, Brisbane, 2009).
  • "Chief Justice James Prendergast and the Treaty of Waitangi: Judicial Attitudes to the Treaty in New Zealand during the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century" 2009 American Society for Legal History Conference (November, Dallas, Texas, 2009).
  • "The New Zealand Law and Literature/Law and Visual Media Project" NZ Law and Literature/Law and Visual Media Symposium (September, Wellington, 2009).
  • "Law on Screen in Aotearoa: An historical survey of legal references in New Zealand visual media from 1975" presented at the Film and History Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Dunedin, November 2008.
  • "Law on Screen in Aotearoa: An historical survey of legal references in New Zealand visual media from 1975" presented at the Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society Annual Conference, Adelaide, December, 2008.
  • "Pedagogy v Efficiency: How to effectively assess classes of over 600 students" presented at the Symposium on Tertiary Assessment and Higher Education Student Outcomes, Wellington, November 2008.
  • "Legal Missionaries; The influence of British Heritage on the New Zealand Judiciary during the Nineteenth Century at 18th British Legal History Conference 2007, Oxford, July 2007.
  • "New Zealand Law in Literature and Legal History: A Survey of Legal References in New Zealand Historical Fiction" presented at the Professional Historians' Association of New Zealand/Aotearoa Conference, Wellington, June 2007.
  • “Law on Screen in Aotearoa: The use of law in New Zealand film and television”, Australian Society of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference (Auckland, June 2006).
  • "Legal Fiction in New Zealand Literature: The New Zealand Law in Literature Project”, 13th International Conference of the Law and Literature Association of Australia (Melbourne, July 2006).
  • "Salmond's Bench: The New Zealand Supreme Court Judiciary 1920–1924" at The Salmond Symposium: Developing a New Zealand Jurisprudence (Wellington, August 2006).
  • "Salmond's Bench: The New Zealand Supreme Court Judiciary 1920–1924" 25th Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference (Hobart, December 2006).
  • "Lord Cooke and the writing of New Zealand's Legal History", Lord Cooke Memorial Lecture (Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 19 September 2006).
  • "Representations of the New Zealand Judiciary in Fictional Literature and Visual Media", Court of Appeal Seminar Series (Court of Appeal, Wellington, 10 October 2006).
  • "New Zealand Law in Literature and Legal History: A Survey of Legal References in New Zealand Historical Fiction", [2005] ANZLH E-Journal 123.
  • "Legal Fiction in New Zealand Literature: The New Zealand Law in Literature Project", paper presented at the Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference (Hamilton, July 2005).
  • "Legal Fiction in New Zealand Literature: The New Zealand Law in Literature Project", Public Lecture, New Zealand Centre for Public Law (Wellington, November 2005).
  • "'Imagining the Past': Law and Literature Jurisprudence and Legal History in New Zealand" at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society (Perth, July, 2004).
  • "James Prendergast and the New Zealand Parliament: Issues in the Legislative Council During the 1860s" at the Second Annual NZ Centre for Public Law Conference on the Primary Functions of Government (Wellington, October, 2004).

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