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2009 ANNUAL WRITING AWARDS

CALL FOR ENTRIES

(closing date: 5 March 2010)

The Legal Research Foundation awards three prizes annually for legal writing: the JF Northey Memorial Book Award, the Sir Ian Barker Published Article Award, and the Unpublished Student Paper Award.  The Foundation is pleased to invite the submission of entries – books, articles and student papers – for consideration for the 2009 awards.  The awards will be announced at the Foundation’s Annual General Meeting in May 2010.

THE JF NORTHEY MEMORIAL BOOK AWARD

This award is given for the best book published in 2009 by a New Zealand-based author (or authors of any number).  It carries a prize of $2,000.00.  Last year the winner was Matthew Palmer, for his book “The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand’s Law and Constitution”, Victoria University Press.

THE SIR IAN BARKER PUBLISHED ARTICLE AWARD

This award is given for the best article, essay or discrete book chapter published by a New Zealand-based author in 2009.  It carries a prize of $1,500.00.  Last year’s winner was Professor Philip Joseph, for his essay ‘The Constitutional State’, in the festschrift for John Burrows edited by Jeremy Finn and Stephen Todd “Law, Liberty, Legislation: Essays in Honour of John Burrows QC”, Lexis Nexis.

 

THE UNPUBLISHED STUDENT PAPER AWARD

This is open to unpublished student papers between a minimum of 10,000 and a maximum of 18,000 words.  The paper must have been written for course credit at a New Zealand university.  The writing of the paper must have been completed by the end of 2009. A paper completed during the summer period over 2009-2010 is also eligible provided the paper is submitted to the Foundation by the closing date of 5 March 2010.  The award carries a prize of $1,000.00.

The winner of last year’s award was Laura Fraser of Otago, for her paper “Property Rights in Environmental Management: The Nature of Resource Consents in the Resource Management Act 1991”.

 HOW TO ENTER

 Entries for all three competitions should be posted to:

Alex Sims

LEGAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

University of Auckland

Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142

by 5 March 2010 at the latest.

 

Please include full contact details with each entry.  Due to the very large number of entries, we are unable to acknowledge receipt of articles and papers.  We do return books.  The Foundation will contact winners of awards in late April 2010.  Please also note only one entry per author in each category of award will be considered.