Noel Cox
| The Reverend Noel Cox FRHistS | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
3 June 1965 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Lawyer, legal scholar and priest |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
Noel Cox FRHistS (born 3 June 1965) is a New Zealand-born lawyer, scholar, and priest.
Personal
Cox was raised in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] He is an advocate of the monarchy in New Zealand.[2]
Career
Cox earned an LLB and an LLM degree from the University of Auckland, an MTh degree, an MA degree in ecclesiastical law, an LTh from the University of Wales Lampeter, and a PhD degree in Political Studies. His main field of research has been constitutional law. In 2004 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS) for his work on Commonwealth jurisprudence.[1]
Starting in 2010 he was a professor and Head of the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University, Wales,[3] but was dismissed on May 22, 2014, due to alleged breaches of University financial and data protection regulations, and according to a statement by the university, a breach of the University's duty of care towards a member of staff.[2]
He was ordained as a deacon in the Church in Wales in June 2012 and a priest in June 2013.[4]
Publications
Cox authored over 100 academic papers and four books.[1] Among them:
- Technology and Legal Systems (Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Aldershot, 2006; ISBN 978-075-464-544-3) 267 pages;
- A Constitutional History of the New Zealand Monarchy: The evolution of the New Zealand monarchy and the recognition of an autochthonous polity (V.D.M. Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. K.G., Saarbrücken, 2008; ISBN 978-3-639-00877-7) 332 pages;
- Church and State in the Post-Colonial Era: The Anglican Church and the Constitution in New Zealand (Polygraphia (NZ) Ltd, Auckland, 2008; ISBN 978-1-877-33260-9) 338 pages;
- The catholicity of ordained ministry in the Anglican Communion: An examination of the ecclesiology implicit in the validity of orders debate (V.D.M. Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. K.G., Saarbrücken, 2009; ISBN 978-3-639-12036-3) 168 pages;
- Academical Dress in New Zealand: A Study (V.D.M. Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. K.G., Saarbrücken, 2010; ISBN 978-3-639-29927-4) 284 pages;
- Constitutional paradigms and the stability of states (Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Farnham, 2012; ISBN 978-0-7546-7920-2) 306 pages.
- The Enforcement of Professional Ethics and Standards in the Kenyan Legal Profession with Tom Odhiambo Ojienda (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013; ISBN 978-1-4942-4528-3) 274 pages;
- Sir Henry Rider Haggard: A collection of commentaries on his novels (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013; ISBN 978-1-4943-97746) 266 pages;
- Theological Reflections: Some thoughts on the road to ordination (Ardwyn House Publishing, Aberystwyth, 2014; ISBN 978-1-4948-4096-9) 116 pages;
- Four months in Europe: A New Zealand academic at large (Ardwyn House Publishing, Aberystwyth, 2014; ISBN 978-1-4948-4995-5) 190 pages;
- Selected Sermons, 2009-2013 (Ardwyn House Publishing, Aberystwyth, 2014; ISBN 978-1-49491483-7) 90 pages;
- Constitutional responses to paradigmatic shifts in technology (Ardwyn House Publishing, Aberystwyth, 2014; ISBN 978-1-4960-6238-3) 98 pages.
A series of monographs republish the majority of his refereed journal articles and book chapters, as well as some other legal publications:
- The law of the church in the twenty-first century: Essays on law and religion (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013; ISBN 978-1-4927-5859-4) 304 pages;
- Essays on Constitutional Law: with particular emphasis on the Crown (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013; ISBN 978-1-4937-5933-0) 728 pages;
- Collected Essays: Part 1 (Ardwyn House Publishing, Aberystwyth, 2014; ISBN 978-1-4944-5657-3) 568 pages;
- Collected Essays: Part 2 (Ardwyn House Publishing, Aberystwyth, 2014; ISBN 978-1-4947-3303-2) 688 pages.
References
- 1 2 3 Aberystwyth University Press Release. 28 July 2010 New Head of Law and Criminology
- 1 2 Wales Online
- ↑ Aberystwyth Student Media, Head of Law and Criminology Department Steps Down
- ↑ Church in Wales - clergy database