UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury

Professor Jeremy Finn

Contact

Department: Faculty of Law

Email: jeremy.finn@canterbury.ac.nz

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Language: English

About

Research / Creative works

Networks

Projects

Fields of Research

Contract
Criminal Law
Intellectual Property
New Zealand and Colonial legal history
Earthquake research

Researcher Summary

Research areas include Criminal Law, the Law of Contract, Intellectual Property Law and Legal History. His current research projects are in the fields of intellectual property law and legal history. The former includes aspects of copyright law, trade marks, passing off, and the accommodation of indigenous peoples' interests within the existing law. The latter focuses on comparative colonial legal history, the transmission of legal ideas and information between jurisdictions, the early legal history of Canterbury and the Canterbury Law School.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Law: Business and Commercial Law ; Criminal Law ; Law of Private Obligations ; Legal History ; Property and Intellectual Property Law ; Treaty Of Waitangi and the Law Relating to Indigenous Peoples
Resilience: Commercial: Law and Policy

Resources

Staff webpage

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

(Displaying research/scholarly/creative work for last six years)

Finn J. (2021) PROTECTING CLIENTS’ MONEY – THE ROAD TO THE SOLVENCY AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW PRACTITIONERS ACT 1955. Canterbury Law Review 28: 27-50. (Journal Articles)

Editorial Work

"State” Editor, Criminal Law Journal 1997-1998 Editor ( 1997 - 2002)
Member Editorial Board Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society E-Journal 2011 Editorial Board Member ( 2011 - 2023)
Member Editorial Board of Legal History (based at Macquarie University Sydney) Editorial Board Member ( 2006 - 2023)
Member, Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Legal History Editorial Board Member ( 1997 - 2002)
New Zealand Criminal Law Review Editorial Board Member ( 2016 - 2023)

Review and Refereeing

Referee VUW Law Review 2008 ( 2008 - 2023)

Referee Canterbury Law Review 2008 -2011 ( 2008 - 2023)

Referee for Australian Journal of Legal History ( 1997 - 2002)

Referee for Canterbury Law Review ( 1997 - 2002)

Referee for New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law ( 2000 - 2005)

Referee for NZ Universities Law Review ( 1997 - 2002)

Referee Legal History 2007, 2008 and 2009; ( 2007 - 2023)

Referee NZ Law Rev 2009-2011 ( 2009 - 2023)

Referee NZULR 2009 ( 2009 - 2023)

Affiliations

Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society (ANZLHS) (Professional Organisation): Past-President

Research Groups

Resilience: Organisational Research

Research Projects

Future Research

Majority verdicts in criminal trials
Early New Zealand judge-made law
Exceptions to the double jeopardy rule
Intellectual property in personae and images of celebrities
History of the Canterbury Law School