Rogernomics and the Treaty of Waitangi: the contradiction between the economic and Treaty policies of the fourth Labour government, 1984-1990, and the role of law in mediating that contradiction in the interests of the colonial capitalist state
Elizabeth Jane Kelsey is a New Zealand academic and activist who has promoted critical examination of the relationship between social,political and economic issues and how these can impact on human rights and justice. Specifically,within the New Zealand context,she has advocated public policy positions on colonialism and te Tiriti Waitangi,globalisation and neoliberalism,and the role of universities as public institutions. She has published widely on these and other issues,and in 2020 won the Global category of the New Zealand Women of Influence Award. Kelsey was professor of law at the University of Auckland until her retirement in 2022.
Jane Kelsey has an LL.B. (Hons) from Victoria University of Wellington,BCL from Oxford University,MPhil from the University of Cambridge.[1] In 1991 she completed a PhD from the University of Auckland,titled Rogernomics and the Treaty of Waitangi:the contradiction between the economic and Treaty policies of the fourth Labour government,1984-1990,and the role of law in mediating that contradiction in the interests of the colonial capitalist state.[2] She has worked at the University of Auckland since 1979 and was appointed to a personal Chair in Law in 1997.
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