Business and Law: Journal Articles

Desafíos para la gestión ambiental en Chile: una perspectiva australiana [Challenges for Environmental Water Management in Chile: An Australian Perspective]

Macpherson EJ; O'Donnell E (2015)

The deterioration of aquatic environments is an increasingly serious problem in Chile, in terms of declining water quality and quantity in the face of growing demands by industry, cities and the impact of climate change. ...

Reflections on Tax Research: An Analysis of over 25 Years of Research Published in the New Zealand Journal of Taxation Law and Policy

Sawyer A; Tan LM (2020)

In order to gauge the state of the New Zealand tax research landscape, a content analysis was undertaken of the research published in the New Zealand Journal of Taxation Law and Policy over 26 years since its inception in ...

¿Necesitan derechos los ríos? Comparando estructuras legales para la regulación de los ríos en Nueva Zelanda, Australia y Chile

Macpherson EJ; O'Donnell E (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, 2017)

In this article we consider what giving rivers ‘legal personality’ might add to existing institutional options for environmental water regulation. We examine this question by studying the regulatory approach adopted for ...

International Human Rights Law

Esterling S (2015)

2015 witnessed New Zealand’s continued engagement with the United Nations and its treaty and Charter based bodies for the protection of human rights. As regards its periodic reports to U.N. treaty based bodies it proved ...

International Human Rights Law

Esterling S (Brill | Nijhoff, 2019)

This note reviews New Zealand practice concerning international human rights law in 2017. New Zealand continued its engagement with UN treaty based bodies for the promotion and protection of human rights as a result of ...

International Human Rights Law

Esterling SE (Brill | Nijhoff, 2018)

Accessing court files as a feminist endeavour: Reflections on ‘Feminist Judgments of Aotearoa - Te Rino: A Two-Stranded Rope’

McDonald E; Benton-Greig P (Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, 2018)

In this piece, we reflect on the significance of accessing court records for feminist endeavours. We discuss two examples that illustrate the value of accessing and critiquing court processes. Feminist judgment writing, ...

Global Simplification of Extradition: Interviews with Selected Extradition Experts in New Zealand, Canada, the US and EU

Boister N (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2017)

© Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature 2017. This paper explores the discernible long-term trend towards the simplification of the conditions for extradition in the law of many states. The process ...

Inter se modification of the UN drug control conventions: An exploration of its applicability to legitimise the legal regulation of cannabis markets

Boister NB; Jelsma M (Brill, 2018)

© 2018 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Legal tensions are growing as more jurisdictions move towards legal regulation of the cannabis market in contravention of the obligation under UN drug control treaties ...

International Economic Law

Riffel C (2016)

The year 2016 was marked by the successful conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (“tpp”)1 and the panel ruling in Indonesia – Import Licensing Regimes, a case brought by New Zealand (together with the United ...

Extraordinary powers and political constitutionalism

Mueller SD (2017)

During times of emergency situations extraordinary powers may be vested in the executive in order to prevent or reduce its impact. Emergency legislation is usually explicit about its extraordinary nature and requires ...

New Zealand Media Law Update

Cheer U (2014)

Media law developments have continued across many areas in the period to mid-2013. In defamation, the New Zealand courts have begun to consider the issue of third party liability for publication on the internet, with cases ...

New Zealand Media Law Update

Cheer U (2014)

Developments in New Zealand media law have apparently accelerated even more in the last year and a half. In defamation, the New Zealand courts remain unsure whether hyperlinking to a defamatory article can amount to ...

Local Democracy and the Agency Model of Local Governance

Mueller S (2017)

Local governance is an integral part of most modern states. Its role is generally to implement central government policy on a local level, to provide and manage local infrastructure such as roads, waste management and ...

Incommensurable Values: Environment Canterbury and Local Democracy

Mueller SD (2017)

Following years of delayed processing of resource consent applications by the regional council, Environment Canterbury, the New Zealand Parliament passed the Environment Canterbury (Temporary Commissioners and Improved ...

Time to Take Brain-Fingerprinting Seriously? A Consideration of International Developments in Forensic Brainwave Analysis (FBA), in the Context of the Need for Independent Verification of FBA’s Scientific Validity, and the Potential Legal Implications of its Use in New Zealand

Palmer RW (2017)

As law enforcement and related agencies worldwide are increasingly using, or considering the use of, FBA technologies as forensic and investigative tools, an awareness of the reliability, advantages and disadvantages of ...