Law: Reports
Recent Submissions
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Corruption and money laundering in the Pacific : Intertwined Challenges and Interlinked Responses
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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 ... -
Responses to Office of The Prosecutor Draft Policy on Cultural Heritage
([on file with the authors and the ICC], 2021) -
Submission on Sexual Violence Legislation Bill 2019
(Justice Select Committee, 2020) -
Surrogacy and Human Rights in New Zealand : Rethinking Surrogacy Laws Te Kohuki Ture Kopu Whangai
(School of Law, University of Canterbury, 2020) -
Flexible and Part-time Work Arrangements in the Canterbury Legal Profession : A Report prepared by the University of Canterbury Socio-Legal Research Group for the Canterbury Women’s Legal Association
(University of Canterbury, 2017)In 2015 a research team in the School of Law at the University of Canterbury developed a project with the Canterbury Women’s Legal Association to gather information about flexible and part-time work practices in the ... -
Suicide Reporting in the Coronial Jurisdiction
(University of Canterbury. School of Law, 2014)Suicide is the leading ‘external’ (non-natural) cause of death in Australia. Australian coronial courts play a critical role in reporting suicide deaths. Coronial findings contribute to the data used by the Australian ... -
Resilience framework and guidelines for practice
(University of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information SystemsUniversity of Canterbury. GeographyUniversity of Canterbury. PsychologyUniversity of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. School of Health SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. Sociology, 2012)The Canterbury earthquakes are unique in that the there have been a series of major earthquakes, each with their own subsequent aftershock pattern. These have extended from the first large earthquake in September 2010 to ... -
"Two judges - father and son" : an analysis of the careers of Henry Samuel Chapman and Frederick Revans Chapman
(University of Canterbury. School of Law, 1991)The main focus of this thesis is on the legal and judicial careers of Henry Samuel Chapman (1803-1881) and his son Frederick Revans Chapman (1849-1936). Henry Chapman served as judge in Wellington (1844-1852) and Dunedin ... -
An analysis of some aspects of the defence of provocation in homicide
(University of Canterbury. Law, 1972)It may well be wondered why it should be thought necessary or desirable to undertake now the review of an area of the law which was the subject of consideration and statutory modification a mere ten years ago. Had any ... -
Raising rivals' costs : Antitrust ramifications for section 36 of the Commerce Act 1986
(University of Canterbury. Law, 1994)The Raising Rivals' Costs theory is the newest and most important theory of non price predation. This dissertation assesses its ramifications for s. 36 of the Commerce Act 1986. Chapter I introduces the topic. Chapter II ... -
From acquiescence to expectation : The Ramsden v Dyson principle today
(University of Canterbury. Law, 1984)What is now referred to as the Ramsden v Dyson principle began life as nothing more than a bundle of instances in which equity would assert jurisdiction. It experienced a period of systematisation in the later years of ... -
Aspects of formation of contracts for the sales of land
(University of Canterbury. Law, 1986)In delivering the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Carruthers v Whitaker, (1975), 1 N.Z.L.R. 667, Richmond J expressed the view that when parties in negotiation for the sale and purchase of land instruct solicitors and ... -
The inter-colonial element in colonial statute law : An enquiry into aspects of the legislation of the British settlement colonies, 1790-1900
(University of Canterbury. Law, 1995)The thesis considers various of the factors which shaped the development of the statute law of the British settlement colonies in the nineteenth century. The principal argument is that the conventional analysis which largely ... -
Judicial approaches to meaning in the interpretation of statutes
(University of Canterbury. Law, 1982)Statutes are a written communication between Parliament and the legislative audience. Statutory interpretation is the process whereby the legislative audience seeks to understand and thereby govern its actions by the ... -
Terror versus tyranny : An examination of the interface between New Zealand's international counter-terrorism and human rights obligations
(University of Canterbury. Law, 2005)In the wake of the September 11 attacks, it must be confessed that I was quite overwhelmed by the horrific events, by the loss of life, and by the sheer visual impact and magnitude of the attacks against the World Trade ... -
Aspects of specific performance
(University of Canterbury. Law, 1985)Specific performance while being but one of numerous equitable remedies is a broad and many sided equitable doctrine. The nature of this paper does not allow an exhaustive examination of specific performance. Instead one ... -
Cheques proffered in full and final satisfaction: a matter of principle
(University of Canterbury. Law, 1992)Despite popular perception, the law in relation to "cheques in full and final satisfaction" is not a separate branch of the law of contract. The law pertaining to cheques in full and final satisfaction is simply an application ... -
Marks of Consequence – An Irrational Basis of Trademark Protection, or: Re-Inculcating some Schechter into the Doctrine of Trademark ‘Dilution’
(University of Canterbury. Law, 2011)[Taken from the introduction] This Piece is concerned with the soundness of the qualification criterion of quantitative public recognition in relation to protecting trademarks from detriment to distinctive character. It ...