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Caring in Austerity Time in the EU post-financial crisis
(University of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information Systems, 2014)
The importance of accessible, affordable and high quality childcare is acknowledged by the EU but legal development has been ad hoc, slow and lacks coherence. Since the financial crisis, the EU intervention on care issues ...
The Value of Gender Equality in EU-Asian Trade Policy: an assessment of the EU’s ability to implement its own legal obligations
(University of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information Systems, 2013)
This paper aims to assess the tensions and contradictions that exist between the European Union’s (EU) internal and international legal obligations to achieve gender equality in all its activities, and its engagement in ...
Exploring the EU concept of worker: Are sex-workers in decriminalised or regulated legal environment just normal workers?
(University of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information Systems, 2015)
The EU and the Challenge of Eldercare
(University of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information Systems, 2015)
This paper aims to explore how the law and policy of the European Union (EU) have engaged, with the challenges of an ageing population. It focuses on one of such challenges, namely the Long Term Care (LTC) requirements ...
Corporate governance principles and gender equality across Europe and Asia: Convergence and Diffusion
(University of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information Systems, 2015)
Aim: To critically engage with the concepts of gender balanced representation on corporate boards; gender equality and quotas.
Compare and contrast the application of such concepts within the EU legal framework and Asian ...
Reframing the EU concept of worker: Can sex-workers be workers?
(University of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information Systems, 2015)
When applying European Union (EU) law, the concept of worker is an EU concept that can only be defined by the Court of Justice to assess EU rights (Case 53/81 Levin; Case 66/85 Lawrie-Blum; Case 196/87 Steyman). The Court ...
What if... all women everywhere were treated the same as men?
(University of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information Systems, 2015)
Kia kaha Europe: Teaching and Learning European Union Law in New Zealand
(University of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information Systems, 2016)
Gender Implications of New Zealand’s Gender-Neutral Law and Policies on Work-Life Balance
(University of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information Systems, 2013)
New Zealand’s approach to work-life balance is somewhat unique because it is claimed to neither be about women, nor about families (Department of Labour 2009). Nevertheless, critical legal analysis reveals that New Zealand’s ...
The 'diffusion' of the EU's values - gender equality law and social policy
(University of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information Systems, 2015)
