Browsing by Degree Name "Bachelor of Laws with Honours"
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The alienation of Maori land
PREFACE I became interested in Maori Land Law as a fourth year student of law attending the University of Otago. Unfortunately, this aspect of law was not formally taught in any of the prescribed subjects so I deceided ... -
Good faith bargaining in New Zealand: A study of its development and likely practical application
When the Labour Party industrial relations policy was released before the 1993 general election it promoted a new Act, which among other things planned to require parties conducting employment contract negotiations, to ... -
New Zealand’s legal profession – at a cross-roads?
What do you call 100 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? 'A good start!' New Zealand's legal profession is an easy scapegoat for public criticism. Yet barristers and solicitors are a tightly regulated profession. This ... -
Ngati Apa: Legally sound but bravely apolitical
INTRODUCTION: For many years the Indigenous peoples of Australia, Canada and New Zealand were precluded from seeking redress from the courts for the loss of their lands. In Canada and New Zealand a principle of ... -
Reform of the United Nations’ Security Council
The intention of this thesis is to examine why the Security Council needs reforming, discuss the basic reform issues and present and assess the major proposals for reform. I propose to determine which of the current reform ... -
A world of (linguistic) possibility : the rights-consistent interpretive directives of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and the United Kingdom Human Rights Act 1998
INTRODUCTION: This dissertation examines the impact of two contemporary bills of rights, the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 ('BORA') and the United Kingdom Human Rights Act 1998 ('HRA'), on statutory interpretation ...