Accessibility of legislation in New Zealand has been widely impacted since the establishment of the New Zealand Legislation website, which allows free access to primary legislation and some secondary legislation. This paper ...

A state that wishes to proceed with an activity or development has an obligation to undertake an assessment of the risks that activity will have on the environment. This obligation has been generally accepted in domestic ...

Many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) struggle to raise capital in New Zealand’s private capital markets. These SMEs are also generally too small to viably list on the public markets. The Financial Markets Conduct Act ...

This paper examines the important relationship that exists between the European Union and the group of countries from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Island regions. By creating preferential trade deals and becoming the ...

On 14 January 2014, for the first time in its history, the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) decided to refer a decision to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). This referral, which concerned the issue ...

Any thought of child euthanasia seems quite shocking on first instinct. However, Belgium forced a flow of international discussion through its extension of euthanasia laws to suffering patients of any age. This essay looks ...

This paper explores one very important issue in the regulatory regime for medicines in New Zealand and around the world- the deficit of information about medicines available to doctors, patients and independent researchers. ...

This paper reviews New Zealand judicial interpretation of the “acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations” as stated in art 1F(c) Refugee Convention, in the light of subsequent foreign jurisprudence. ...