Matthew Palmer
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Matthew Simon Russell Palmer (born 12 May 1964) is a prominent New Zealand legal academic. Palmer was the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Government Relations), Dean of Law, and Director of the New Zealand Centre for Public Law at Victoria University of Wellington from January 2001 until June 2006. He was previously Deputy Secretary of Justice (Public Law).
He is son of former Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer, who was also a professor of law at Victoria University for many years. Currently, he is the recipient of the NZ Law Foundation International Research Fellowship Te Karahipi Rangahau A Taiao [1].
Along with his father, he is co-author of Bridled Power, regarded as the pre-eminent text on New Zealand public law.