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The Absent Vedas
The Vedas were first described by a European author in a text dating from the 1580s, which was subsequently copied by other authors and appeared in translation in most of the major European languages in the course of the ... -
Making sense of flipping data
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to detail the approach used in a project that worked with journal publication, subscription and article processing charges (APC) data. The project aim was to test if the resources ... -
The Library Assessment Capability Maturity Model: A Means of Optimizing How Libraries Measure Effectiveness
Objective – This paper presents a Library Assessment Capability Maturity Model (LACMM) that can assist library managers to improve assessment. The process of developing the LACMM is detailed to provide an evidence trail ... -
Listening and learning: myths and misperceptions about postgraduate students and library support
Purpose The University of Otago Library conducted a review of its postgraduate support program in 2018. The purpose of this paper is to report on the findings of a questionnaire and follow up focus group undertaken as ... -
Professional identity and the adoption of learning management systems
Universities implement Learning Management Systems (LMSs) with the aspiration of improving educational practice. However, LMS adoption by academics within universities vary and frequently falls short of institutional ... -
Prescriptive and Holistic Contextualism: Emerging Variants of Modern Contract Interpretation
Debate over the proper approach to modern contract interpretation continues even in this era of modern contract interpretation where context is always considered. This paper identifies and contrasts two rival approaches ... -
Can Your Trust Be Trusted?
This paper is the transcript of the author’s Inaugural Professorial Lecture, delivered at the University of Otago on 23 October 2008. The author discusses and dispels myths and misconceptions about trusts and identifies ... -
Protecting Children's Interests in Relationship Property Proceedings
The aim of this paper is to alert readers to the range of property interests that children may have in assets owned by the parties to a relationship and how they might be better protected. The author discusses the extent ... -
Social sustainability indicators as performance
We are living in an era of the audit. Sustainability indicators are used to ensure that industries are behaving responsibly. The audits are well elaborated in their environmental requirements, but they are often less ... -
The Universal Precautionary Principle: New Pillars and Pathways for Environmental, Sociocultural, and Economic Resilience
Global environmental degradation is linked to a worldwide erosion of ethnic identity and cultural diversity, as well as market disruption. Cultures rely heavily on the local environment around them, and local communities ... -
Energy-saving behaviour as a demand-side management strategy in the developing world: the case of Bangladesh
Although demand-side management (DSM) needs to be more customer centred, either with or without smart technologies (e.g. smart grid), less attention has been paid to the developing world in relation to DSM strategy ... -
Identifying residential daily electricity-use profiles through time-segmented regression analysis
In many countries the residential sector contributes significantly to peak demand. Some of the promising approaches to reduce these peaks, such as energy efficiency and demand-side management (DSM) programmes, currently ... -
Compulsory Caesarian Section
This article discusses the English Court of Appeal case R v Collins, which set aside a High Court order that authorized a compulsory caesarian section on a pregnant woman against her express wishes. The author analyses the ... -
Clayton v Clayton: A Step Too Far?
This article considers the New Zealand Court of Appeal decision in Clayton v Clayton, which concerned a relationship property dispute involving assets held in trusts. The authors provide a brief discussion of the relationship ... -
Withholding Treatment
This article considers the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom case Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v James, which was a judgment under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in respect of a seriously ill man who ... -
Occupation Orders Under the PRA
Section 27 of the New Zealand Property (Relationships) Act 1976 gives the Court power to make an occupation order in respect of the family home in favour of one spouse or partner to the exclusion of the other. Such orders ... -
De Facto Relationships (or Maybe Not) in New Zealand
The New Zealand Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2001 signified a radical shift in New Zealand relationship property law, by extending matrimonial property principles to de facto relationships. In this article, the ...