This paper argues that resurrecting copyright formalities is justified from a human rights perspective, especially in the context of Article 15(1)(c) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. ...
The 2012 Report of the Electoral Commission on the Review of the MMP system recommended that several changes be made to the way in which future parliaments are elected in New Zealand. The lack of legislative response to ...
Global administrative law (GAL) aims to plug the “accountability deficit” in global institutions by projecting national administrative law principles onto the global scale. Global administrative action has been provisionally ...
The paper discusses the Blair Administration’s policy of “joined-up government” beginning in Britain in 1997. The paper then moves to the international sphere to discuss various anti-slavery instruments focusing on the ...
This paper compares the Protected Disclosures Act 2000 (PDA) in South Africa and New Zealand. The comparison is framed by the question whether the PDA binds members of Parliament (MPs) or not. Regarding South Africa, the ...
In response to the growing concern around the use of new technology to cause harm, Parliament passed the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015. On target of the Act was the phenomenon of revenge porn, the non-consensual ...
Recent advances in behavioural genetics suggest that there is a significant genetic component associated with the risk of criminality. This paper focusses on the MAOA gene, a gene which has been linked to aggressive and ...
While international commercial arbitration is widely regarded as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism to litigation in national courts, those courts are frequently engaged in the review arbitral awards in the context ...
The Equal Pay Act 1972 was passed as a piece of social law reform intended to eradicate discrimination in wages between men and women. For over forty years since the passing of the Act, there has been little progress on ...
Much has been written about Magna Carta, particularly given its recent 800th birthday. Yet few are prepared to speak against this ancient document for fear that the rule of law, liberty, and even democracy might crumble ...
The right of linguistic minorities to speak their own language in community with other members of their group (the right to language) is deserving of specific attention for two reasons. Firstly, language is the currency ...
History is riddled with rebellions, coup d’états and oppressive authorities. When a government or a leader acts contrary to their democratic regime, especially when violations of human rights are involved, there should be ...