Noel Cox

Cox was raised in Auckland, New Zealand.Aberystwyth University Press Release. 28 July 2010 [https://web.archive.org/web/20130104234945/http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/archive/2010/07/title-88941-en.html New Head of Law and Criminology] He is an advocate of the monarchy in New Zealand.

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 from the University of Auckland. His doctoral thesis was titled The evolution of the New Zealand monarchy: The recognition of an autochthonous polity.{{cite thesis |last=Cox |first=Noel |year=2001 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=The evolution of the New Zealand monarchy: The recognition of an autochthonous polity |publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland |hdl=2292/107 |url=https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/107}}{{CiteQ|Q16195958}} 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.

Starting in 2010 he was a professor and Head of the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University, Wales,[http://aberstudentmedia.com/2013/11/12/head-of-law-and-criminology-department-steps-down/ Aberystwyth Student Media, Head of Law and Criminology Department Steps Down] 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.[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/top-academic-aberystwyth-university-professor-7225040 Wales Online]

He was ordained as a deacon in the Church in Wales in June 2012 and a priest in June 2013.[http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/structure/clergy/?id=4257 Church in Wales - clergy database]

• The Coronation and the Constitution in the British Tradition (Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2025; {{ISBN|978-3-031-88959-2}})
• The Royal Prerogative and Constitutional Law: A search for the quintessence of executive power (Routledge, Abingdon, 2020; {{ISBN|0367500795}}, {{ISBN|9780367500795}})
• Priest of the Church or Priest of a Church? The Ecclesiology of Ordained Local Ministry (Rowman & Littlefield Ltd, London, 2021; {{ISBN|1978711859}})
• Technology and Legal Systems (Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Aldershot, 2006; {{ISBN|978-075-464-544-3}})
• 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}})
• 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}})
• 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}})
• 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}})
• Constitutional paradigms and the stability of states (Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Farnham, 2012; {{ISBN|978-0-7546-7920-2}})
• "Authority for the use of the Royal Arms in Churches". Ecclesiastical Law Journal. 2000; 5 (27): 408–416. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956618X00004002

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• [http://www.geocities.ws/noelcox/ Website]

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