Of rules and principles, right and wrong
For my sins, I spent last Friday at the New Zealand Legal Research Foundation's conference on "Modern Challenges to the Rule of Law".read more
View ArticleThe law of necessity
At the risk of voicing a commonplace sentiment, Canterbury's earthquake and its aftermath was A Bad Thing to have happen. Furthermore, the response to date of government both local and central has been...
View ArticleCanterbury's earthquake is worse than an infestation of zombies ...
My recent post on the (now) Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act 2010 (CERRA) seemed to strike a chord with fellow blogosphere denizens - or perhaps Judge Harvey's decision that Cameron...
View ArticleOnce upon a time in te Urewera ...
Back in 2006, some information found its way to the ears of the NZ Police. Apparently a bunch of Maori activists, environmentalists, social justice campaigners and the like were gathering in the...
View ArticleIt's just the vibe of the thing
My last post on the Public Health and Disability Amendment Act (No 2) appeared to strike something of a chord. Certainly, it's been the most viewed piece that I've written here. read more
View ArticleNext year's public law exam question is here somewhere ...
Three pretty interesting public law developments took place today. (I fully recognise that attaching the descriptor "interesting" to the phrase "public law developments" is an open invitation to...
View ArticleIs Parliament about to drop our commitment to the Rule of Law?
One of the first legislative measures of the young colony, back in 1841, was the creation of what we now know as the High Court. That legislation has been updated over the years, significantly in the...
View ArticleLest we forget
The good folk at Otago's Law Library - the Sir Robert Stout Law Library, to give it its full name - do a great job.read more
View ArticleAn open letter to Murray McCully
Earlier this week I (along with 27 other legal academics) added my name to an open letter being circulated by Professor Claudia Geiringer from VUW. It concerns the worsening rule of law situation in...
View ArticleWe’ve always been at war with beneficiaries
The Government has introduced a Bill which retrospectively changes the Social Security Act 1964 so as to nullify Crown liability to beneficiaries. It is generally accepted that retrospective...
View ArticleSub Lege
In my other blogging endeavours, I often criticize judges, either for specific decisions or for their broader views of the law and of their own role, on which many of them are fond of expounding...
View ArticleThe law of necessity
At the risk of voicing a commonplace sentiment, Canterbury's earthquake and its aftermath was A Bad Thing to have happen. Furthermore, the response to date of government both local and central has been...
View ArticleCanterbury's earthquake is worse than an infestation of zombies ...
My recent post on the (now) Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act 2010 (CERRA) seemed to strike a chord with fellow blogosphere denizens - or perhaps Judge Harvey's decision that Cameron...
View ArticleOnce upon a time in te Urewera ...
Back in 2006, some information found its way to the ears of the NZ Police. Apparently a bunch of Maori activists, environmentalists, social justice campaigners and the like were gathering in the...
View ArticleIt's just the vibe of the thing
My last post on the Public Health and Disability Amendment Act 2013 appeared to strike something of a chord. Certainly, it's been the most viewed piece that I've written here. read more
View ArticleNext year's public law exam question is here somewhere ...
Three pretty interesting public law developments took place today. (I fully recognise that attaching the descriptor "interesting" to the phrase "public law developments" is an open invitation to...
View ArticleIs Parliament about to drop our commitment to the Rule of Law?
One of the first legislative measures of the young colony, back in 1841, was the creation of what we now know as the High Court. That legislation has been updated over the years, significantly in the...
View ArticleLest we forget
The good folk at Otago's Law Library - the Sir Robert Stout Law Library, to give it its full name - do a great job.read more
View ArticleAn open letter to Murray McCully
Earlier this week I (along with 27 other legal academics) added my name to an open letter being circulated by Professor Claudia Geiringer from VUW. It concerns the worsening rule of law situation in...
View ArticleWe’ve always been at war with beneficiaries
The Government has introduced a Bill which retrospectively changes the Social Security Act 1964 so as to nullify Crown liability to beneficiaries. It is generally accepted that retrospective...
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