This paper discusses the interaction between investor-state arbitration and international human rights. It reviews the present interaction between human rights and arbitration, then examines the rights of the investor, ...

This paper analyses the value of question time in New Zealand as a parliamentary accountability mechanism. It uses Professor Mark Bovens’ definition of accountability as a social relation to develop a bespoke, criteria-based ...

This paper conducts an enquiry into whether various regulatory theories suggest that there exists a legitimate rationale for regulating Uber in a New Zealand context. Uber is a company which provides an Internet-based ...

This paper considers the impact of the recognition that animals are sentient in the 2013 amendment to the Animal Welfare Act 1999, examining the rationale for the change and the drivers underpinning the current legal ...

Canada and New Zealand are both nations with substantial indigenous populations, with the Māori in New Zealand constituting around 15 per cent and the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada constituting around 4.5 per ...

The problem posed by rising agricultural greenhouse gas emissions is one of the most wicked law reform problems facing New Zealand today. Agriculture is New Zealand’s largest sector, and largest producer of greenhouse gas ...

Both in New Zealand and internationally, there has been an increase in protection measures for the avowed purpose of keeping children safe. The Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Act 2016 ...