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Recognising Jesus as a Victim of Sexual Abuse: Responses from Sodalicio Survivors in Peru
This report identifies a number of publicationsTombs (1999), Heath (2011), Gafney (2013), Trainor (2014)which have independently and explicitly identified Jesus as a victim of sexual abuse in published work. It also ... -
Internet Rights Are Human Rights Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Association and Democracy: New Issues and Threats
The links between ICTs, human rights and democratisation appear undeniable. This article explores current issues surrounding the use of ICTs and considers the implications of these issues for human rights. The article ... -
Neuroscience, Deviant Appetites, and the Criminal Law
Attempts to measure sexual appetites for legal purposes, while by no means novel, have been rendered particularly topical by some recent high profile controversies. At the same time, a number of papers have demonstrated ... -
A Whole New... You? 'Personal Identity,' Genetics and the Enhancement Question
In this article, I argue that lawmakers must abandon their previous reluctance to engage with questions of personal identity (PI). While frequently seen as an esoteric subject, of limited interest outside of academic ... -
Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and the Internet
This article is a submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance from the Association for Progressive Communications. The ... -
The Employment Relations Act and Its Effect on Contracts Governed by Foreign Law
This article considers the New Zealand Court of Appeal’s judgment in New Zealand Basing Ltd v Brown, which held that the Employment Relations Act 2000 does not apply to a claim for unfair dismissal by New Zealand-based ... -
Reform of Choice of Law Rules for Tort
This article examines the Private International Law (Choice of Law in Tort) Bill, referred to the New Zealand Justice and Electoral Select Committee at the end of 2016. The authors explore the potential effects of the Bill, ... -
A Limited Welcome: Methods and Motives for Communicating Outsider Status to Litigants in Person
Litigants are the central party in an adversarial system and yet litigants in person (LiPs) receive the message that they are outsiders in the court process. Drawing on doctoral research that involved interviews with LiPs, ... -
Household factors and electrical peak demand : a review for further assessment.
At least one-third of the total electricity generation of a country is consumed by the residential sector, which is one of the most unpredictable consumer groups with respect to electricity usage and thus risks network ... -
Community Treatment Order Legislation in the Commonwealth
This chapter provides a general account of the legislation that governs the use of community treatment orders (CTOs) in the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand – countries that share the common law tradition due to their ... -
PGD Past and Present: Is the HFE Act 1990 Now 'Fit for Purpose'?
This chapter sketches the influence that PGD had on the form in which the HFE Act was originally enacted. It outlines the regulatory approach to PGD established two decades ago by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology ... -
The Choice of Law Contract
This book offers a contractual framework for the regulation of party autonomy in choice of law. The party autonomy rule is the cornerstone of any modern system of choice of law; embodying as it does the freedom enjoyed by ... -
The Evolving Corporate Opportunity Doctrine: Is New Zealand Law Being Left Behind
This article focuses on the tests and legal doctrine employed by courts to determine when a business opportunity discovered by a company director or senior employee should be regarded as a ‘corporate opportunity’ (i.e. one ... -
Counsel’s Tables? Seating Counsel and Litigants-in-Person in the Courtroom
Where should litigants-in-person (LiPs) sit in the courtroom? Do they have a right to sit at “counsel’s tables” or do they need leave? Why have certain practices developed in this regard and why do they matter? These ... -
Equality: Old Debates, New Technologies
This chapter discusses the role that equality plays within liberal theory. We show how the concept of treating citizens as equals is integral to the legitimisation of the state and its regulations, including those involving ... -
Community Treatment Orders: International Comparisons
This article is a comparative study of the law in several jurisdictions concerning involuntary outpatient psychiatric treatment, particularly legislation that governs the use of Community Treatment Orders (CTOs). The author ... -
The Complex Meaning of Mental Disorder
The Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 (MHA) (NZ) provides the legal criteria governing compulsory psychiatric treatment in New Zealand. This article considers the structure and meaning of the ... -
Randomised Controlled Trials of Mental Health Legislation
There is always potential for conflict to arise between scientific methods and the rule of law. This article considers a recent example of such conflict which can arise when attempts are made to evaluate the effectiveness ... -
Dignity Online and Offline
The concept of human rights and the Internet is new. Both the theoretical framework and the practical application of human rights to the Internet and our online lives are not yet clear. The concept that the Internet could ... -
Finding Solutions for the Legislative Gaps in Determining Rights to the Family Home on Colonially Defined Indigenous Lands
This article queries: what happens to the family home if the owner dies or the couple separate when it has been built on, in Canada, Indian reserve land, or in NZ on Māori freehold land? This is a critical issue where the ...