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(Project Report, 2017)Delays in the court process are a key obstacle in accessing justice. Delay creates costs; not only in the loss of time but also financial and psychological costs. These costs are borne by the litigants, the economy, and ... -
(Thesis, Master of Laws, 2017)This thesis introduces the reader to the highly complex field of international environmental harms. This area of international law takes up a significant portion of the overall natural degradation of the planet, but still ... -
(Thesis, Master of Laws, 2017)Interest in the ethics of Artificial Intelligence systems is dominated by the question of how these sorts of technologies will benefit or harm human individuals and societies. Much less attention is given to the ethics of ... -
Adequate protection: an examination of transborder data protection standards in the European Union (Thesis, Master of Laws, 2017)This paper considers the requirements of “adequate protection” of transborder data flows in the European Union. -
(Thesis, Master of Planning, 2017)Freshwater is the world's most valuable resource. How we manage access to and use of that resource is important. New Zealand's freshwater management system has evolved from common law beginnings into a multi layer regulatory ...
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(Journal Article, New Zealand Law Review, 2013)When the new Wills Act was adopted in 2007 it made a number of changes to the law regulating wills. Probably the most radical change is the power in s 14 to validate wills that do not comply with the formal requirements ...
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(Dissertation, Bachelor of Laws (Hons), 2007)Although it is clear from the Act that a person can be in more than one qualifying relationship at a time, the courts have shown themselves to be reluctant to recognise contemporaneous relationships as falling within the ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)This thesis examines the history of infertility (involuntary childlessness) in New Zealand from 1950 to 2004. This period was dominated by scientific developments in assisted reproductive technologies (‘ART’), initially ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)This analysis of the policy for, and the operations of, the dispute resolution institutions established successively by the Employment Contracts Act 1991 and the Employment Relations Act 2000, examined the relationship ... -
(Journal Article, Legal Studies, 2017)Specialist environment courts and tribunals (SECs) are, in the main, reflective of highly dynamic forms of adjudication, mixing judicial forms with powers more traditionally found in the executive. However, despite their ... -
(Chapter in Book, International Neurolaw: A Comparative Analysis, 2012)The New Zealand Court of Appeal has rejected evidence of neuroimaging to help juries assess the capacity of the accused in an insanity plea. This chapter says the Court of Appeal was right to do so because neuroimaging ...
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(Chapter in Book, Elder Law in New Zealand, 2014)Both in New Zealand and abroad, a social trend is emerging of grandparents taking on the responsibility of parenting their grandchildren. This chapter examines the different ways in which grandparents can come to be legally ...
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(Journal Article, Stellenbosch Law Review Regstydskrif, 2015)This article analyses New Zealand’s child poverty epidemic and examines how impoverished living conditions negatively impact on a child’s right to life, survival, and development in contravention of the United Nations ...
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(Journal Article, Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 2015)This article illustrates the different ways in which Professor Bill Atkin has shown where family law legislative reforms have fallen short in making the rights and well-being of children the paramount consideration in ...
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(Journal Article, Child and Family Law Quarterly, 2011)Relocation cases have become a very significant aspect of family law. This article examines the difficulties in deciding (and predicting the outcomes of) national and international relocation cases. This article questions ...
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(Book, 2012)An ever increasing number of codes of conduct, disciplinary bodies, ethics committees and bureaucratic policies now prescribe how health professionals and health researchers relate to their patients. In this book, Mark ...
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(Chapter in Book, Regulating Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis A Comparative and Theoretical Analysis, 2013)In New Zealand the choice by intending parents to use reproductive technology is limited by legislation. This default restriction on the prospective parents’ procreative autonomy applies unless the use of the assisted ...
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(Chapter in Book, Routledge Handbook of Family Law and Policy, 2014)The significance and complexities of both international child abduction and intercountry adoption led to the creation of two Hague Conventions. This chapter analyses the policy challenges facing the international aspects ...
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(Journal Article, New Zealand Universities Law Review, 2013)This collaborative article examines the significant changes to New Zealand family law during the last 50 years. The article canvasses three areas that have seen substantial changes during this time - what constitutes a ...
