Andrew Geddis
Professor
Law
University of Otago
New Zealand
Biography
Andrew Geddis studied law and political studies at Otago University before attending Harvard Law School on a Fulbright Scholarship, where he completed his LLM degree. In 2000 he returned to Otago to take up a lecturing position. He was appointed an Associate Professor in 2007, and Professor in 2011. Andrew currently teaches Public Law at the 200 level, as well as the 300-400 level papers “Law and the Democratic Process” and “Bills of Rights: Theory and Practice”. His research interests lie in the field of public law, rights jurisprudence and democratic theory, with a particular focus on the legal regulation of elections. He serves as the Faculty’s co-ordinator for staff seminars. Andrew is a member of the Legislation Design and Advisory Committee External Expert Subcommittee. He also is a prolific media commentator on legal matters and writes self-indulgent blog posts at pundit.co.nz. His all-time favourite song is “Margin Walker” by Fugazi, his favourite food is fish tacos and he regularly chases a football around at UniPol. If his door is open, he’ll talk with you. Unless he’s busy, in which case he can’t.
Research Interest
Election Law, Constitutional Theory, Rights Law, Contract Law
