This paper examines the type of compliance and enforcement mechanisms that should be included in proposed instrument to be negotiated under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in relation to the conservation ...

There are many reasons why administrative decision-making may take longer than affected individuals might like. The lack of adequate resources or an unexpected increase in workload may contribute to the length of time taken ...

Secession claims are not sufficiently dealt with at international law. Similarly theoretical analyses of the moral justifications for secession widely differ, with little scholarly agreement on, for example, whether there ...

The imposition of corporate liability is problematic in terms of both conviction and sentencing. Once convicted, it is still difficult to effectively sanction a corporation, as the artificial nature of the entity means it ...

Surrogacy arrangements defy traditional definitions of parenthood and pose challenges in determining who should be recognised as legal parents. This is exacerbated by the use of assisted reproductive techniques which allow ...

In New Zealand the Animal Welfare Amendment Act 2015 was recently passed. This essay briefly discusses this amendment and reflects with various examples throughout, that while any progress is always to be applauded, this ...