Noel Cox

Noel Cox (born 3 June 1965) is a New Zealand–born lawyer, legal scholar, and Anglican priest.

Personal Cox was raised in Auckland, New Zealand. He is an advocate of the monarchy in New Zealand. 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. 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.

He was ordained as a deacon in the Church in Wales in June 2012 and a priest in June 2013.

Publications The Coronation and the Constitution in the British Tradition (Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2025; ) The Royal Prerogative and Constitutional Law: A search for the quintessence of executive power (Routledge, Abingdon, 2020; , ) Priest of the Church or Priest of a Church? The Ecclesiology of Ordained Local Ministry (Rowman & Littlefield Ltd, London, 2021; ) Technology and Legal Systems (Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Aldershot, 2006; ) 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; ) Church and State in the Post-Colonial Era: The Anglican Church and the Constitution in New Zealand (Polygraphia (NZ) Ltd, Auckland, 2008; ) 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; ) Academical Dress in New Zealand: A Study (V.D.M. Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. K.G., Saarbrücken, 2010; ) Constitutional paradigms and the stability of states (Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Farnham, 2012; ) "Authority for the use of the Royal Arms in Churches". Ecclesiastical Law Journal. 2000; 5 (27): 408–416. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956618X00004002