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Ms

Gay Morgan

Senior Lecturer

Te Piringa Faculty of Law

  • Senior Lecturer
    Te Piringa Faculty of Law
  • +64 7 838 4176 Ext.6600 (Work)
  • University of Waikato

TEACHING AND SUPERVISION INTERESTS

LEGAL201 - Public Law
LEGAL203 - Jurisprudence
LEGAL411 - Comparative Law, Comparative Constitutional Law
LEGAL416 Issues in Public Law
LEGAL456 - Animal Law
LEGAL511 - Advanced Comparative Law
LEGAL556 - Advanced Animal Law
LEGAL568 - Issues in Public Law


Current Supervisions:
PhD: Decolonising Legal Research: Developing Legal Theory to Articulate Māori and Non-Māori Legal Research Paradigms Equitably
PhD: The assessment of integrating indigenous principles of the fa’asamoa into the therapeutic court (Samoa Alcohol Drugs Court) to treat alcohol and drugs abuse.
PhD: A Marxist Analysis of Governance Issues in Post Colonial  Africa
MPhil: Impact of the 1962 New York Agreement on Indigenous West Papuans’ Political, Cultural and Territorial Rights: A Historical and Legal Analysis of West Papuans’ Rights to Self-determination

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

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COURSE TAUGHT
2 Mar 2026 - 8 Nov 2026
The principles and working of the constitution, the institutions of government, the exercise of public power and relations between the citizen and the state. Controls on the exercise of public power, including an introduction to judicial review.
COURSE TAUGHT
2 Mar 2026 - 8 Nov 2026
The principles and working of the constitution, the institutions of government, the exercise of public power and relations between the citizen and the state. Controls on the exercise of public power, including an introduction to judicial review.
COURSE TAUGHT
24 Feb 2025 - 2 Nov 2025
The principles and working of the constitution, the institutions of government, the exercise of public power and relations between the citizen and the state. Controls on the exercise of public power, including an introduction to judicial review.
COURSE TAUGHT
24 Feb 2025 - 2 Nov 2025
The principles and working of the constitution, the institutions of government, the exercise of public power and relations between the citizen and the state. Controls on the exercise of public power, including an introduction to judicial review.
COURSE TAUGHT
11 Nov 2024 - 16 Feb 2025
This paper will guide students through the principles and process of academic legal research and writing. They will learn how to develop, present and write scholarly work.
COURSE TAUGHT
11 Nov 2024 - 16 Feb 2025
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of Construction Law encompassing contracts and dispute resolution for building works, engineering, improvement, renovation, and property maintenance in Aotearoa New Zealand. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words.
COURSE TAUGHT
11 Nov 2024 - 16 Feb 2025
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of Construction Law encompassing contracts and dispute resolution for building works, engineering, improvement, renovation, and property maintenance in Aotearoa New Zealand. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words.
COURSE TAUGHT
11 Nov 2024 - 22 Dec 2024
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of critical issues in the Laws of Armed Conflict and International Humanitarian Law. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words.
COURSE TAUGHT
11 Nov 2024 - 22 Dec 2024
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of critical issues in the Laws of Armed Conflict and International Humanitarian Law. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
An analysis of legal theories and ideologies, emphasising different approaches to the meaning of law, examining the relationship between theory and practice, illustrated by the concepts of sovereignty, liability, property, justice, rights and personality.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
An analysis of legal theories and ideologies, emphasising different approaches to the meaning of law, examining the relationship between theory and practice, illustrated by the concepts of sovereignty, liability, property, justice, rights and personality.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of critical issues in Banking and Finance Law. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of critical issues in Banking and Finance Law. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of critical issues regarding the Treaty of Waitangi in contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of critical issues regarding the Treaty of Waitangi in contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
This paper will guide students through the principles and process of academic legal research and writing. They will learn how to develop, present and write scholarly work.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of critical issues in Family Law. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of critical issues in Family Law. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of critical issues in Intellectual Property Law and Policy. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of critical issues in Intellectual Property Law and Policy. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of critical issues in Employment Law. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of critical issues in Employment Law. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of Transnational Law: the developing field of hybrid cross-border law that does not fit into traditional categories of domestic, comparative, and international law.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of Transnational Law: the developing field of hybrid cross-border law that does not fit into traditional categories of domestic, comparative, and international law.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of critical issues regarding Indigenous Rights in International Law. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words.