The Commerce Commission is currently reviewing the proposed merger of Fairfax NZ Limited and NZME, which would see nearly 90% of New Zealand’s newspaper market held by a single company. However, it is unclear that the ...
This paper begins with a discussion of the history of negligent manslaughter in New Zealand and its development from the standard of ordinary negligence to the current test of a “major departure” from the expected standard ...
This paper assesses the democratic legitimacy of the constitution-making processes that brought into being the Constitutions of the Cook Islands and Niue. New Zealand’s role in the decolonisation of its former colonies has ...
In New Zealand, a significant tension exists between a person’s right not to be subjected to clinical research without their informed consent, and society’s interest in the advancement of medical knowledge.¹
The impetus ...
This is a paper about protecting vulnerable consumers from over-indebtedness. The first part of this paper will outline what is meant by vulnerable consumers, over-indebtedness, and why these are the key concepts that this ...
The European Court of Human Rights decision in CN v The United Kingdom highlighted that slavery remains a modern problem. It may no longer resemble the traditional picture of slavery dramatically presented by Hollywood but ...
The degree of legal protection given to journalists’ sources in New Zealand and Australia has progressed considerably over the last 30 years. Both nations have moved from a landscape of virtually no source protection to a ...
This paper examines the criminal offences introduced under the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2013 in response to direct action protest at sea. These offences have proved controversial as they restrict fundamental protest ...
With the convergent of international anti-corruption conventions, corruption is increasingly condemned, prevented and adjudicated on both international and national levels. However, international arbitration is allegedly ...