Faculty of Law | Te Kaupeka Ture
Recent submissions
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The BBNJ Agreement: Strengthening the Ocean-Climate Nexus
(2021)This paper explores the question of whether and to what extent the BBNJ Agreement, currently under negotiation under the auspices of the UN, will provide opportunities to develop and support measures relating to the ... -
Cultural Property at the Crossroads: An Examination of the issue of the Restitution of Cultural Property to Indigenous Peoples in Article 11 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
(Aberystwyth University, 2015)Over the past thirty years, Indigenous Peoples have turned to international human rights law (IHRL) to help secure the return of their cultural property. In 2007 the United Nations [U.N.] passed the Declaration on the ... -
Consideration of the best interests of children with convicted parents : a new sentencing principle.
(University of Canterbury, 2022)In May 2020, New Zealand imprisonment rate was 198 per 100,000 of population, which was the 5th highest in the OECD. This has raised some serious questions about the collateral effects of imprisonment on offender’s children. ... -
Amicus Curiae Brief, Case of the Indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ Agua Caliente Community v Guatemala-- Informe de Amicus Curiae, Caso de la Comunidad Indígena Maya Q'eqchi' Agua Caliente contra Guatemala
(2022)In accordance with the conditions set by the Court, this submission is filed in connection with the Case of the Indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ Agua Caliente Community v Guatemala. The Inter-American system for the protection ... -
The Key Elements of a Constitution
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Responses to Office of The Prosecutor Draft Policy on Cultural Heritage
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Professor John Prebble’s Guiding Hand in New Zealand’s Advance (Binding) Rulings Regime
(2021)At first glance, one could be excused for concluding that New Zealand's advance (binding) rulings regime can be traced to a Government budget announcement in 1992. In reality, the early efforts of Professor John Prebble ... -
Prevention of forest fires in Indonesia: evaluation of international and regional legal frameworks.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)This thesis explores the effectiveness of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) initiatives, relevant international environmental agreements, and principles of international environmental law on the prevention of ... -
Administrative law principles in multilateral environmental agreements and regional fisheries management organisations.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)Over the last century it has become clear that many environmental problems require cooperative action and so a multitude of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) ... -
Posthuman rights struggles and environmentalisms from below in the political ontologies of Ecuador and Colombia
(2021)In a decolonial determination to resist the modern ontological separation of nature from culture, political ontologies and posthuman legalities in Andean Community countries increasingly recognize natural and cultural ... -
Critical Perspectives On Disaster And Crisis Research: Revealing And Responding To Vulnerability
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021)Natural disasters and other crises present methodological challenges to organizational researchers. While these challenges are well canvassed in the literature, less attention has been paid to understanding how distinct ... -
The Open Access Law Book in Aotearoa New Zealand: Radicalising the Funding of Future Publishing
(2021)The budgets of university libraries in New Zealand are being squeezed by the costs of subscriptions to works necessary for teaching. This article advocates for a different approach to funding such works. Drawing upon ... -
Plant-based meat substitutes: understanding consumers’ motivators, barriers, knowledge and consumption practices
(University of Canterbury, 2021)Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the plethora of interrelated environmental, social, economic, ethical, and health issues associated with global industrialised food production—particularly concerning animal ... -
The Open University and Prison Education in the UK – the first 50 years
(2021)In 2019, The Open University (henceforth, The OU), based in Milton Keynes in the UK, celebrated its 50th anniversary. Since 1971 it has pioneered the delivery of Higher Education in prisons and other secure settings. ... -
COVID-19 Response in New Zealand
(2020)Introduction In March 2020 the New Zealand Government responded to the COVID-19 public health crisis by closing New Zealand’s borders to non-citizens and residents, and imposing a strict four-week lockdown period. These ... -
The Operation and Development of New Zealand's Personal Insolvency Regime in 2020
(2021)This report reviews patterns of use and case law developments in relation to New Zealand’s personal insolvency law regime in 2020. The Insolvency Act 2006 (NZ) governs personal insolvency in New Zealand. The Act is ... -
From disaster to resilience : a comparative study of legal frameworks for managing the seismic risk of existing buildings.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)Though rare and unpredictable, earthquakes can and do cause catastrophic destruction when they impact unprepared and vulnerable communities. Extensive damage and failure of vulnerable buildings is a key factor which ... -
Contemporary Issues in Taxation Research Volume 4
(Fiscal Publications, 2021)This book principally contains a collection of papers that have their origins in a Tax Research Network (TRN) conference paper, revised or extended, from the 2018 and 2019 TRN Conferences, hosted by the University of ...