Associate Professor Chris Gallavin

Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 8350
Office: Homestead Ln K Block 146

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Fields of Research

• Comparative aspects of domestic criminal law
• Prosecutorial discretion of the international criminal court
• Terrorism and international law
• The law of evidence

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Researcher Summary

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Subject Area: Disciplines

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Affiliations

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Publications

• Gallavin, C. (2012) Fraud vitiating consent. New Zealand Law Journal 5: 156-157. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. and Wall, J. (2012) Hamed: Anticipatory warrants. New Zealand Law Journal 2: 40-41. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. and Wall, J. (2012) Hamed: section 30. New Zealand Law Journal 4: 116-117. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. (2012) Reliability, hearsay and the right to a fair trial in New Zealand. In J. Hunter and P. Roberts (Ed.), Criminal Evidence and Human Rights: Explorations in Common Law Comparativism: 327-345. Oxford: Hart. (Chapter in Book)

• Gallavin, C. and Wall, J. (2012) Search and surveillance, and the exclusion of evidence in New Zealand: Clarity or confusion? International Journal of Evidence and Proof 16(2): 199-211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1350/ijep.2012.16.2.400. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. (2011) The right to fair trial: US & NZ comparative approaches to the exclusion of evidence in criminal trials. Fort Worth, TX, USA: Annual Conference Australia and New Zealand Association of North America, 17-19 Feb 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)

• Gallavin, C. (2010) New Zealand. In S. Mason (Ed.), Electronic Evidence (2nd ed.): 539-598. London: LexisNexis. (Chapter in Book)

• Gallavin, C. (2010) New Zealand's Law of Evidence and Human Rights. Sydney, Australia: Contemporary Issues in Evidence, 24-25 Sep 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Gallavin, C. (2010) Quantifying the Right to Fair Trial in the admission of hearsay evidence. Sydney, Australia: Criminal Evidence & Human Rights: Common Law Perspectives, 9-10 Apr 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Gallavin, C. (2010) Rape Shield & Recent Complaint Evidence: A Human Rights Analysis. Southhampton, UK: Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, 13-16 Sep 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)

• Gallavin, C. (2010) Reliability, Hearsay and the Right to a Fair Trial in New Zealand. Nottingham: Criminal Evidence & Human Rights: Common Law Perspectives, 9-10 Aug 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Gallavin, C. and Whiley, E. (2010) The admissibility of hearsay and Crown Appeals against Acquittal in New Zealand; a free for all for the Crown? International Journal of Evidence and Proof 14: 346-361. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. (2009) New Zealand Defence Force Operations. New Zealand Armed Forces Law Review 9: 158-171. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. (2009) The admission of propensity evidence under the Evidence Act 2006. Wellington, New Zealand: Departmental Prosecutions Conference, 21-22 Oct 2009. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Gallavin, C. (2009) Understanding the Grounds for Criminal Procedure. Wellington, New Zealand: Criminal Procedure Update, 8 Apr 2009. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)

• Gallavin, C. (2008) Evidence. Wellington: LexisNexis. 320pp. (Authored Book)

• Gallavin, C. (2008) Fraud Vitiating Consent to Sexual Activity: Further Confusion in the Making. New Zealand Universities Law Review 23(1): 87-110. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. (2008) Labels and Hearsay. New Zealand Law Journal 2008(September): 321-323. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. (2008) New Zealand Defence Force Operations. New Zealand Armed Forces Law Review 8: 130-146. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. (2008) R v Lenaghan: Is it business as usual in New Zealand despite the reforms of the Evidence Act 2006? International Journal of Evidence and Proof 12(4): 325-332. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. (2007) ICC investigations and a hierarchy of referrals: has genocide in Darfur been predetermined? In Henham, R., Brehens, P. (Ed.), The Criminal Law of Genocide: International, Comparative and Contextual Perspectives: 157-165. Oxford: Ashgate. (Chapter in Book)

• Gallavin, C. (2007) New Zealand Defence Force Operations. New Zealand Armed Forces Law Review 7: 104-117. (Journal Article)

• Boister, N. and Gallavin, C. (2006) Concluding Comment: Pacific "Super Courts". In N. Boister and A. Costi (Ed.), Regionalising International Criminal Law in the Pacific: 241-251. Wellington: New Zealand Association for Comparative Law/Association de Législation Comparée des Pays du Pacifique. (Chapter in Book)

• Gallavin, C. and Boister, N. (2006) International Criminal Law in the South Pacific: New Directions. Wellington: Australia & New Zealand Society of International Law Conference, 29 Jun-1 Jul 2006. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)

• Gallavin, C. (2006) New Zealand Defence Force Operations. New Zealand Armed Forces Law Review 6: 128-142. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. (2006) Prosecutorial Discretion within the ICC: Under the Pressure of Justice. Criminal Law Forum 17(1): 43-58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10609-006-9006-5. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. and Scragg, R. (2006) The Value of an LLB: Comparative Perspectives Between New Zealand and Wales. Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education 4(2): 123-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14760400601093217. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. (2005) Judicial Review of the Security Council by the International Criminal Court: Fact or Fiction. Newcastle Law School, Newcastle, UK: Newcastle Human Rights Research Group, 6 Sep 2005. (Oral Presentation)

• Gallavin, C. (2005) Prosecutorial Discretion: The ICC's Unprecedented Authority. Canberra, Australia: 13th Australia and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL) Conference: International Institutions in a Uni-Polar World, 16-18 Jun 2005. http://law.anu.edu.au/CIPL/Conferences&SawerLecture/05%20ANZSIL%20Program.pdf. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Gallavin, C. and Scragg, R. (2005) The LLB of New Zealand and England and Wales: A Comparative Analysis. University of Greenwich, London, UK: Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) Conference: Comparing Commonwealth Laws, 9-10 Sep 2005. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Gallavin, C. (2005) The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and a Post September 11 Morality; Community Rights versus Individual Rights. Yearbook of New Zealand Jurisprudence 8(1): 163-192. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. (2005) The Security Council and the ICC: Delineating the Scope of Security Council Referrals and Deferrals. New Zealand Armed Forces Law Review 5(Dec): 19-38. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. (2005) The Stupefaction of the Law of Genocide through the Strangling of the International Criminal Court's Jurisdiction. Nottingham, UK: International Conference on the Criminal Law of Genocide - International, Comparative and Contextual Aspects, 1-2 Sep 2005. http://www.accc.org.uk/z%20Criminal%20Law%20of%20Genocide%20brochure%201-2%20Sept%2005.pdf. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Gallavin, C. (2005) Vitiating Consent to Sexual Activity. New Zealand Law Journal : 341-342. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. (2004) A Post September 11 Morality: A "Paradigm Shift" in Human Rights Ideology? Rothermere American Institute, Oxford, UK: TThe United States and Global Human Rights Conference, 11-13 Nov 2004. http://www.rai.ox.ac.uk/diary/HR_provisional_programme.pdf. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Gallavin, C. (2004) Contemporary Problems in International Criminal Law. International Peacekeeping 11(4): 739-744. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. (2004) The International Criminal Court: Friend or Foe of International Criminal Justice? In R. Brownsword (Ed.), Global Governance and the Quest for Justice, Volume IV: Human Rights: 137-150. Oxford: Hart Publishing. http://www.hart.oxi.net/bookdetails.asp?id=545&bnd=1. (Chapter in Book)

• Gallavin, C. (2004) The International Criminal Court: Friend or Foe of International Criminal Justice? PhD, University of Hull, Hull, England. (Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy)

• Gallavin, C. (2003) Article 53 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: In the Interests of Justice? King's College Law Journal 14(2): 179-198. http://www.hartjournals.co.uk/kclj/volumes/14/issues/2/396.html. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. (2003) Is the Structure of the International Criminal Court Flawed? Human Rights Law and Practice 6: 197-209. (Journal Article)

• Gallavin, C. (2003) The International Criminal Court: Friend or Foe of International Criminal Justice. Sheffield, UK: Global Governance and the Search for Justice Conference, 29 Apr-1 May 2003. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)