Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Law is delighted to host the Honourable Justice Sheilah L. Martin from the Supreme Court of Canada for its annual Robin Cooke Lecture.
When Kelvin Davis was announced as the Minister of Crown–Māori Relations in the wake of the 2017 general election, nobody was quite clear what that new portfolio was going to look like, writes Dr Carwyn Jones.
Former Prime Minister the Right Honourable Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC used the 2018 Sir Owen Woodhouse Memorial Lecture at Victoria University of Wellington to call for a bold and visionary overhaul of New Zealand’s accident compensation system.
Victoria University of Wellington and LexisNexis® have announced a new five-year Innovation Partnership providing law students at the University with cutting-edge technology to support their studies and their transition to the workforce.
Victoria University of Wellington law lecturer Dr Marcin Betkier has written to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern urging her to ask hard questions about the actions of Poland’s far-right government when Polish President Andrzej Duda visits New Zealand this week.
Bevan Marten, the lawyer on a one-man crusade to ensure parents can name their children Justice, is still fighting
If the US starts acting in a way seen by others as a violation of the international legal order, why wouldn’t others follow suit, asks Professor Alberto Costi
Pro-life’ and ‘pro-choice’ are too-rigid terms, don’t reflect the sliding scale of views on abortion and are hampering reform writes law student Finn Dillon
Several people associated with Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Law have been appointed to the Safe and Effective Justice Programme Advisory Group—Te Uepū Hāpai i te Ora, a new advisory group for the Ministry of Justice, including Senior Lecturer Dr Carwyn Jones, former staff member Dr Warren Young and Law alumni Hon Chester Borrows and Julia Whaipooti. Professor Tony Ward from the School of Psychology was also appointed.
“Anger pollutes democratic politics and is of dubious value in both life and the law,” eminent American philosopher Professor Martha C Nussbaum told an audience at Victoria University of Wellington. But she conceded that “for all its ugliness [it] is a very popular emotion”.
