Elizabeth Toomey

Elizabeth Toomey
Born 1951
Residence New Zealand
Nationality New Zealand
Alma mater University of Canterbury
Scientific career
Fields real estate, disaster recovery
Institutions University of Canterbury

Elizabeth Toomey (born 1951) is a New Zealand law academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Canterbury.[1][2]

Academic career

Toomey did her undergraduate studies at the University of Otago, followed by an MLaws at the University of Canterbury and joining the faculty.[2]

Toomey's research interests include real property / real estate, several aspects related to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake and commercial law. She is a member of the Legal Aid Review Panel.[2] Along with Jeremy Finn she got funding from the New Zealand Law Foundation to study the legal implications of disasters,[3] which resulted in a book 'Legal Response to Natural Disasters' [4][5] and select committee submissions.[6]

Selected works

  • Toomey, Elizabeth. "The slow road to recovery: a city rebuilds under the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011." In Asia-Pacific Disaster Management, pp. 217-243. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2014.
  • Taylor, Lynne, Ursula Cheer, Debra Wilson, Elizabeth Toomey, and Sascha Mueller. "Improving the Effectiveness of Large Class Teaching in Law Degrees." New Zealand Law Review 2013, no. 1 (2013): 100-135.
  • Toomey, Elizabeth. "The recovery phase in post-earthquake Christchurch, New Zealand." In Community-Based Reconstruction of Society, pp. 23-30. Springer, Singapore, 2017.
  • Toomey, Elizabeth. "Trans-Tasman Sporting Leagues: Governance and Integration." Canterbury L. Rev. 18 (2012): 63.
  • Toomey, Elizabeth. "Public participation in resource management: The New Zealand experience." NZJ Envtl. L. 16 (2012): 117.

References

  1. ↑ "UC SPARK - University of Canterbury - New Zealand". Canterbury.ac.nz. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  2. 1 2 3 "Business and Law Staff Profiles | University of Canterbury". Canterbury.ac.nz. 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  3. ↑ "Earthquake legal issue research project - NZ Law Society". Lawsociety.org.nz. 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  4. ↑ "Legal Response to Natural Disasters (Book) – Thomson Reuters New Zealand". Thomsonreuters.co.nz. 2015-05-16. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  5. ↑ 08 October 2015 - By Jeremy Finn and Elizabeth Toomey (2015-10-08). "Legal Response to Natural Disasters - NZ Law Society". Lawsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  6. ↑ "Professor Jeremy Finn, Professor Elizabeth Toomey, Mr Robert Kipp - New Zealand Parliament". Parliament.nz. 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2018-01-29.


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