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August 2020
JF Northey Prize won by Law Foundation funded work of Professor Richard Boast QC - VUW
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The Law Foundation congratulates Professor Richard Boast QC, VUW Law Faculty, for being awarded this year’s JF Northey Prize for the best book published in 2019 by a New Zealand author: The Native Land Court Volume 3 1910-1953: Collectivism, Land Development and the Law Professor Boast’s work on the Native Land Court has produced three substantial volumes spanning the years 1862-1953. All three were funded by the Law Foundation. The first volume was a joint winner of the JF Northey Prize in 2013, and the second volume published in 2015 was also shortlisted for this prize – an amazing achievement. All were published by Thomson Reuters. About the JF Northey Memorial Book AwardThe Native Land Court Volume 1 1862-1887: A Historical Study, Cases and CommentaryThe Native Land Court Volume 2 1888-1909: A Historical Study, Cases and CommentaryThe Law Foundation provided funding of $78,000 for The Native Land Court Volume 3 |
