In Profile - Associate Professor of Law Andrew Geddis (1985-89)

30/6/2008

Andrew Geddis (1985-89) is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Otago.

Associate Profesor of Law Andrew Geddis

Andrew completed his undergraduate work at the University of Otago, studying law and political studies. In 1996 he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to Harvard Law School, where he completed his LLM degree. In 2000 he returned to Otago to take up a lecturing position. He was appointed an Associate Professor in 2007.

He currently teaches Public Law at the 200 level, as well as the 300-400 level papers “Law and the Democratic Process” and “Bills of Rights: Theory and Practice”. In addition, he is the coordinator for the second year course. His research interests lie in the field of public law, rights jurisprudence and democratic theory, with a particular focus on the legal regulation of elections.

Andrew is a member of the Legislation Advisory Committee, and has provided advice on several occasions to parliament’s Justice and Electoral Committee and Privileges Committee. He is also a regular contributor to the opinion pages of the country’s newspapers.

In the latest edition of the University of Otago alumni magazine, Andrew contribution a thought-provoking article, entitled ‘The Electoral Finance Act and knee jerk legislation’. It makes for fascinating treading and, with Andrew’s permission, is reproduced in the 'In Profile' link.

To read the article, click here