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Electricity Market reforms in New Zealand and Germany: A Comparative Study of the History, Development and Future of These Both Countries' Markets with a Special Focus on the Approach to Renewable energy

Holder, Florian (Victoria University of Wellington, 2008)

This dissertation will show why Germany is overall on a better way to deliver secure and sustainable electricity to its population at the moment. Though, New Zealand had the better starting point, it missed important steps ...
The Environmental Regulation of Marine Carbon Capture and Storage in New Zealand: Principles, Barriers and Gaps

Severinsen, Gregory (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

This thesis concerns the regulation of a technology called carbon capture and storage (CCS). The technology is one way to mitigate anthropogenic climate change, by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at point sources ...
Evolving Role of the Courts: Constitutional Review of Legislation under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990

Connell, Charlotte (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

The constitutional landscape in New Zealand has undergone significant change over the last 20-35 years to improve the transparency and accountability of decision-making in the three branches of government. While most of ...
Fallacies in Judicial Interpretation

Hutchison, Andrew Geoffrey (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

This thesis concerns fallacies in judicial interpretation. The central contention of this thesis is that judges commit certain fallacies when interpreting language and that it is possible to detect such fallacies and arrive ...
Form, Substance, and Neo-Proceduralism in Comparative Contract Law: Law in Books and Law in Action in New Zealand, England, the United States of America, and Japan

Nottage, Luke Richard (Victoria University of Wellington, 2001)

Part One of this thesis develops the "form-substance" analytical framework proposed by Atiyah and Summers to contrast English and US law generally, comparing also New Zealand and especially Japanese law. From this perspective, ...
A Framework for the Collection, Retention and Use of Human Body Parts

Thomas, Cordelia Mary (Victoria University of Wellington, 2006)

Organ transplantation and biotechnological research depend on the availability of body parts, which necessitates the willing involvement of the public. The rapid development of biotechnology has led to a search for an ...
A framework to guide policymakers on the use of science to inform public health policy and law: Immunisation as a case study

Pishief, Alexander Sebastian (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

This thesis examines the incorporation of science into public health policy/law. The key problem that the thesis tackles is the blurring of science and values arguments in the creation of policy/law. To overcome this ...
From conflicting to complementing: The formalisation of customary land management systems governing swidden cultivation in Myanmar

Ennion, Jim David (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Swiddening is a traditional and widespread agricultural system in mountainous regions of Southeast Asia. It is prevalent in Myanmar’s hilly border region. However, economic, political, demographic, social and technological ...
The Impacts of Good Faith on Collective Bargaining: a New Zealand Case Study

Polakoski, Julie May (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This paper explores the protective strength of the good faith reforms as enacted under the Employment Relations Act 2000 and subsequent legislation on the collective bargaining rights of workers. Interviews were conducted ...
The implementation of Papua New Guinea's national goals and directive principles and basic social obligations

Narokobi, Vergil (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

The thesis identifies an issue in Papua New Guinea’s Constitution with regard to the non-implementation of its National Goals and Directive Principles (NGDP) and Basic Social Obligations (BSO). Situated in the Preamble to ...
The independence of trustees

Cope, Hannah Marie (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

This paper considers the concept of independence and how it applies to various types of trustees in an effort to assist more trustees to avoid the risks involved in being a trustee. There is also a practical aspect to this ...
Individual Roles and Conflicting Moral Obligations: Examples from Corporate and Professional New Zealand

Krauthausen, Udo (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This paper is concerned with the notion of role morality. It attempts to answer the question of how individuals deal with conflicts between role morality and personal convictions. Based upon the answer to this question ...
An Inheritance Code for New Zealand

Kelly, Gregory Francis (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

In this thesis I review New Zealand's present inheritance laws which are characterised by: 20 disparate statutes stretching back 100 years; a lack of clear and consistent policies; a failure to adapt to fundamental changes ...
Instruments to Challenge the Grant of a Patent as a Third Party: Suggestions for the Review of New Zealand's Patent System

Buchinski, Juliane (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

In recent decades, intellectual property law (in particular patent law) has had to face new challenges due to the accelerating development of technology. Patents can have a negative effect on a country's economy if too ...
A legal framework for sharing customs intelligence through the single window system

Thomas, Bruce (2018)

Some customs agencies are implementing electronic single window systems. These single window systems enable an importer or exporter to digitally transmit their transaction information to the customs administration. The ...
Legal Parentage “By Design”: Reimagining Birth Certificates in Aotearoa New Zealand

Ballantyne, Ruth (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

This thesis highlights two significant flaws in birth certification and legal parentage regimes in Aotearoa New Zealand that negatively impact children conceived and raised in an array of diverse family structures. First, ...
Liability of Referees: An Analysis of Tort Liability for Wrong Referee Decisions

Koch, Stefanie (Victoria University of Wellington, 2008)

In an increasing professional sports world, the referees in key tournaments and games have huge responsibility. Their decisions can impact not only on the game but on all the commercial interests involved in that game. ...
Low-Lying States, Climate Change-Induced Relocation, and the Collective Right to Self-Determination

Ross, Nathan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

It is increasingly likely that, due to the impacts of climate change, entire populations of low-lying States – Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and the Maldives – will need to relocate to other States' territories. ...
Māori Purposes Acts: Just "washing-up" or more than meets the eye?

O'Meara, Angela (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

Māori Purposes Bills were commonly described in Parliament’s debating chamber as “washing-up” bills, which suggested they were considered to be of little importance. This research challenges that perspective. The research ...
Maximising stakeholder value in personal insolvency (a New Zealand perspective)

Haines, Quentin Stobart (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Personal insolvency law in New Zealand has had some recent amendments that have been successful in reducing the number of bankruptcies. With the rise in consumer bankruptcies and insolvencies, both in New Zealand and ...