Dr Richard Cornes

Biography

Dr Richard Cornes - @CornesLawNZUK is a Senior Lecturer in Public Law at the University of Essex. He is also an Associate Member of Landmark Chambers, London. His research focuses on how psychoanalytical concepts can explain and inform legal processes. He graduated BA/LLB(Hons) from Auckland University (English and Law) in 1992 and the following year was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. During his time at Auckland he studied under Professor Michael Taggart, who inspired his interest in public law. After practising law in New Zealand (Simpson Grierson, Auckland) he spent two years in Australia, working for the Constitutional Centenary Foundation, as Senior Tutor and Law Tutor at International House (a college of The University of Melbourne), and studying at Melbourne Law School, where he obtained a Graduate Diploma in International Law. In 1997 he moved to London to become a Senior Research Fellow at the Constitution Unit in the School of Public Policy at University College London where he remained until moving to Essex in autumn 2000. While at the Constitution Unit he co-authored, an ESRC funded report on a new Supreme Court for the United Kingdom, with Professor Andrew Le Sueur. In 2012 he was awarded a Phd in Law by Essex University on the topic of comparative top courts reform (with Professors Paul Craig, Oxford, and Paul Rishworth, Auckland, as examiners). He is currently director of the core first year Public Law module. In addition he teaches on modules on Administrative Law, Human Rights in the United Kingdom, Comparative Public Law, and the role of judges. He sits on the Editorial Board of the journal Public Law, for which, since 2009, he has edited its International Survey. Recent scholarly engagements include: comment and submissions on court reform in New Zealand; a consultation draft of a paper on psychoanalysis and the judicial process; an article on communications innovations at the UK Supreme Court; an analysis of the role of the Chief Justice of New Zealand; and, an essay on Hollywoods treatment of gay narratives, specifically in the film Philadelphia He is also currently half-way through studying for an MA in Management and Organisational Dynamics, co-taught between Essex Universitys Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, and the Essex Business School

Qualifications

• BA/LLB(Hons) Auck

• Grad Dip International Law (Melb)

• Phd (Law) Essex