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Publications Petra Butler

Authored books

  • (with Peter Schlechtriem) UN Law on International Sales (2nd ed, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 2016).
  • (with Andrew Butler) The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: a commentary (2nd ed, LexisNexis Butterworths, Wellington, 2006).
  • (with Professor Peter Schlechtriem) UN Law on International Sales (New York, Springer 2009) 351 pp.
  • Medical Misadventure im neuseelaendischen Accident Compensation Scheme ("The Development of Medical Misadventure in the New Zealand Accident /Compensation Scheme") (Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt a M, 1999).

              Edited books

              • (with Eva Lein and Rhomson Salim (eds)) Integration and International Dispute Resolution in Small States (Springer, Switzerland, 2018).
              • (with Caroline Morris (eds)) Small States in a Legal World (Volume 1 The World of Small States, Springer, Switzerland, 2017) pp 264
              • Yesim Atamer/Petra Butler/Ingeborg Schwenzer (eds) Current Issues in CISG and Arbitration (Eleven International Publishing, Den Haag, 2013) 300 pp.
              • Yesim Atamer/Petra Butler/Ingeborg Schwenzer (eds) International Commercial Contracts (Eleven International Publishing, Den Haag, 2013).
              • Morris/Boston/Butler (eds) Reconstituting the Constitution (Springer, Heidelberg, 30 September 2011) 519 pp see springer.com or amazon.co.uk

              Edited journals

              • (with Alberto Costi) (2013) 11(2) New Zealand Journal for Public and International Law Special Issue—ANZSIL Conference 2012 pp 289-482.
              • (with Claudia Geiringer) (2013) 11(1) New Zealand Journal for Public and International Law Special Issue—21st Birthday of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, 288 pp.
              • (2013) 11 New Zealand Journal for Public International Law Special Issue—ANZSIL Conference 2012 (with Alberto Costi) forthcoming.
              • (2009) 40 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, Human Rights in the Pacific: Special Issue, 418 pp.
              • (2008) 39 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, In Honour of Lord Cooke, 192 pp.
              • (2005) 36 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, Celebrating Anniversaries, 87 pp.

              Chapter in book

              • (with Ana Stanič) "What Can Arbitration and Human Rights as Mechanisms of Dispute Resolution Learn from Each Other in Order to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change" in Jean Kalicki and Mohamed Abdel Raouf (eds) Evolution and Adaptation: The Future of International Arbitration (ICCA Congress Series No 20, Wolters Kluwer, 2020) pp 1036-1057
              • "Awarding Damages to Expropriated Parties" in Sherlin Tung, Fabricio Fortese, Crina Baltag (eds) Finances in International Arbitration (Wolters Kluwer, 2019) pp 57-90.
              • "A Survey of Human Rights Decisions in Fiji Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu" in Tony Angelo and Jennifer Corrin (eds) Small States: A Collection of Essays (CLJP Hors Serie Volume XXIII, Wellington) pp 109-137.
              • "CISG Remedies" in Peter Mankowski (ed) Commercial Law (Nomos, Germany, 2019) Chapter I, Articles 45-65 pp 232-296.
              • "Damages Principles under the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)" in John A Trenor (ed) The Guide to Damages in International Arbitration (2nd ed, Global Arbitration Review, 2018).
              • (with Arjun Harindranath) "Articles 53-60 in S Kröll, L Mistelis and P Perales Viscasillas (eds) UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods (CISG): A Commentary (2nd ed, CH Beck, 2018) pp 771-825.
              • (and Mark Bennett) "A Dworkinian Right to Privacy in New Zealand" in Salman Khurshid, Lokendra Malik and Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco (eds) Dignity in the Legal and Political Philsophy of Ronald Dworkin (Oxford University Press, India, 2018) pp 433-465.
              • "Democratic and Political Rights" in M Bedggood, K Gledhill and I McIntosh (eds) International Human Rights Law in Aotearoa New Zealand (Thomson Reuters, Wellington, 2017).
              • (with Gary Born) "Bilateral Arbitration Treaties: An Improved Means of International Dispute Resolution" in UNCITRAL 50 years university celebrations edited by UNCITRAL published by UNCITRAL, Vienna pp 314-326.
              • (with Caroline Morris) "Preface" in Petra Butler and Caroline Morris (eds) Small States in a Legal World (Volume 1 The World of Small States, Springer, Switzerland, 2017) pp v-viii.
              • "Damages Principles under the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)" in John A Trenor (ed) GAR—The Guide to Damages in International Arbitration (Law Business Research Ltd, London, 2016) pp 38-67.
              • "Effective and Equal Enjoyment of all Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms by Persons with Disabilities in New Zealand" in Marcia H Rioux, Paula C Pinto and Gillian Parekh (eds) Disability, Rights Monitoring, and Social Change: Building Power out of Evidence (Canadian Scholars' Press, Toronto, 2016) pp 157-168.
              • "Article 1 CISG—The Gateway to the CISG" in Ingeborg Schwenzer, Cesar Pereira and Leandro Tripodi (eds) CISG and Latin America: Regional and Global Perspectives (Eleven International Publishing, The Netherlands, 2016) pp 379-396 SSRN.
              • (with Bianca Mueller) "Acceptance of an Offer under the CISG" in Ingeborg Schwenzer, Cesar Pereira and Leandro Tripodi (eds) CISG and Latin America: Regional and Global Perspectives (Eleven International Publishing, The Netherlands, 2016) pp 299-315 SSRN.
              • "Choice of Law" in Larry a Di Matteo, Andre Janssen, Ulrich magnus and Reiner Schulze (eds) International Sales Law: Contract, Principles & Practice (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, Germany, 2016) pp 1025-1064.
              • "Conflict of Laws" in L DiMatteo, A Janssen, R Schulz, U Magnus (eds) International Commercial Contracts (Nomos & Hart, 2015).
              • "CISG—a secret weapon in the fight for a fairer world?" in I Schwenzer/V Baltzer (eds) 35 Years CISG and Beyond (Eleven Publ, Den Haag, 2015) SSRN.
              • "Bill of Rights" in Mary-Rose Russell and Matthew Barber (eds) The Supreme Court of New Zealand 2004–2013 (Thomson Reuters, Wellington, 2015) pp 255-274.
              • "Performanced-based Research Funding and Academic Freedom: An Oxymoron" The Europa World of Learning 2015 Vol 1 (65th ed, Routledge, London, 2015) pp 22-28.
              • "New Zealand" in Larry Di Matteo (ed) Global Challenge of International Sales Law (CUP, Cambridge, 2014) pp 539-547.
              • "Bill of Rights and the New Zealand Supreme Court" in Mary-Rose Russell (ed) 10 years New Zealand Supreme Court (Thomson Reuters, Wellington, 2014).
              • "The Perversity of Contract Law Regionalization in a Globalizing World" in Ingeborg Swenzer and Lisa Spagnolo (eds) Globalisation versus Regionalization (Eleven International Publishing, Den Haag, 2013) pp 13-36.
              • "The CISG and the United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts" in Ingeborg Schwenzer and Lisa Sagnolo (eds) State of Play (Eleven International Publishing, Den Haag, 2013) pp 1-16.
              • "Electronic Commerce Within the Framework of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods" in Yesim Atamer, Petra Butler, Ingeborg Schwenzer (eds) Current Issues in CISG and Arbitration (Eleven International Publishing, Den Haag, 2013) pp 145-166.
              • "Cross Fertilisation of Constitutional Ideas: The Relationship Between the Human Rights Act 1998 and the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990" in Roger Masterman and Ian Leigh (eds) The United Kingdom's Statutory Bill of Rights: Constitutional and Comparative Perspectives (OUP, London, 2013) pp 251-278 SSRN.
              • "When is an Act of Parliament an Appropriate Form of Regulation?—Regulating the Internet as an Example" in Susy Frankel and Deborah Ryder (eds) Recalibrating Behaviour: Smarter Regulation in a Global World (LexisNexis, Wellington, 2013) pp 489-528 SSRN.
              • "Everyone talks about Globalisation—except the Contract Law Community" in Festschrift for Professor Ruessmann zum 70. Geburtstag (Juris Verlag, 2013) pp 697-710.
              • "Rights and Regulation" in Susy Frankel (ed) Learning from the Past, Adapting for the Future: Regulatory Reform in New Zealand (Lexis Nexis, Wellington, 2011) pp 241-266.
              • "It Takes Two to Tango—Have they learned their Steps?" Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No 136/2014 pp1-53. SSRN
              • "The Use of Foreign Jurisprudence in New Zealand Courts" Festschrift fuer Ingeborg Schwenzer zum 60. Geburtstag (Staempfli Verlag, Bern, 2011) pp 305-323 SSRN.
              • "Articles 53-60 CSIG" in Stefan Kroll, Loukas Mistelis and Pilar Perales (eds) UN-Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG) (Beck and Hart Publishing, Baden Baden, 2011) pp 797-853.
              • "Protecting Rights " in Morris/Boston/Butler (eds) Reconstituting the Constitution (Springer, Heidelberg, September 2011) (with Andrew Butler) pp 157-184.
              • "Disability Discrimination in New Zealand" in Rioux/Basser/ Jones (eds), Critical Perspectives on Human Rights and Disability Law (Brill, Herndon, VA, 2011) available on SSRN.
              • "New Zealand's Commitment to Combat Disability Discrimination" in Marcia H Rioux et al (eds) Monitoring Disability Rights in a Global World (Leiden, Brill, 2011) pp 1-34 SSRN.
              • "Medical Misadventure" in Ahrens/v Bar/Fischer/Spickhoff (eds) Medizin und Haftung Festschrift fuer Professor Erwin Deutsch zum 80. Geburtstag (Springer, Heidelberg 2010) pp 69-83.
              • (with Andrew Butler) "New Zealand's Comparative Perspective" (adding to the UK commentary on the UK Human Rights Act 1998) in Clayton/Tomlinson (ed) The Law of Human Rights (2nd ed, OUP, Oxford 2009).
              • "New Zealand" in Franco Ferrari (ed) The CISG and Its Impact on National Legal Systems (Sellier, Munich 2008) pp 251-258.
              • "The Doctrines of Parol Evidence Rule and Consideration—A Deterrence to the Common Law Lawyer?" in SIAC, Celebrating Success: 25 Years United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (SIAC, Singapore 2006) pp 54-66.
              • "Case Allocation and the Rule of Law" in David Carter/ Matthew Palmer (eds) Roles and Perspectives in the Law: Essays in Honour of Sir Ivor Richardson (Victoria University Press, Wellington 2002).
              • "Die Selbstregulierung der Forschung in der Antarktis" ("The Freedom of Research in Antartica") in Hellmut Wagner (ed) Volume III Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen fuer Wissenschaft und Forschung ("Interference with the Constitutional Right to Research and Conduct Science") (Nomos Verlag, Baden Baden 2000).

              Journal articles

              • "Businesses have human rights too" (2019) 50(4) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 573-586.
              • "40 Years Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG)—Even More Important Today than 40 Years ago to Encourage Trade?" (2019) Zeitschrift fur vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft/Journal of Comparative Law pp 231-340.
              • (with Christoph Katerndahl) "Kastom—A Public Policy Exception under the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards" (2018) 7(1) Indian Journal of Arbitration Law pp 104-119 SSRN.
              • "Red Riding Hood—Is Investor-State Arbitration the Big Bad Wolf?" (2017) 5(2) Penn State Journal of Law and International Affairs pp 328-373.
              • "Conference on 'Integration and International Dispute Resolution in Small States'" (2017) 25(3) European Review of Private Law (Kluwer Law International BV, The Netherlands) pp 683-690.
              • (with Campbell Herbert) "Access to Justice vs Access to Justice for Small and Medium-sized Enterprizes: The Case for a Bilateral Arbitration Treaty" (2014) 26 NZULR pp 186-221 SSRN.
              • "CISG and Arbitration—A Fruitful Marriage" (2014) XVII International Trade and Business Law 322, Special Volume for Professor Zeller's 70th Birthday pp322-357 SSRN.
              • (with Roderick Mulgan) "Can Academic Freedom Survive Performance Based Research Funding" (2013) 44 (3/4) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 487-520 SSRN.
              • "The Case for a Right to Privacy in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act" (2013) 11(1) New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law Special Issue—21st Birthday of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 pp 213-256 SSRN.
              • "The Use of the CISG in Domestic Law" (2011) 15(1) Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration pp 15-32 SSRN.
              • "Margin of appreciation—a note towards a solution for the Pacific?" (2008) 39 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 687-708 SSRN.
              • "15 Years of the Bill of Rights: Time to Celebrate, Time to Reflect, Time to Work Harder?" (2006) Victoria University of Wellington Human Rights Research pp 1-31.
              • "Akzeptanz des UN-Kaufrechts im Common Law—Das CISG—Stiefkind des Common Law?" (2006) Jahresheft Internationale Juristenvereinigung pp 19-26.
              • "Human Rights in the Pacific" (2005) Victoria University of Wellington Human Rights Research pp 121-135.
              • "Celebrating Aniversaries" (2005) 36 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 775-780.
              • "Medical Misadventure—An Introduction" (2004) 35 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 811-820.
              • "Human Rights and Parliamentary Sovereignty in New Zealand" (2004) 35 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 341 SSRN.
              • "The Assignment of Cases to Judges" (2003) 1 NZ Journal of Public and International Law pp 83 SSRN.
              • "The Referendum on an Australian Republic" (2001) Verfassung und Recht in Uebersee pp 6-23.
              • "The Judicial Use of International Human Rights Law in New Zealand" (1999) 29 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review and (1998) 4 Yearbook, New Zealand Association of Comparative Law, pp 173-189.
              • "Die Selbstregulierung der Forschung in der Antarktis" (1998) 31 Wissenschaftsrecht.
              • (with Andrew Butler) "The Bill Referral Procedure in ss 79 & 80 of the South African Constitution" (1997) 12 South African Public Law.

              Short articles and book reviews

              • Book Review of J von Staudinger Kommentar zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuch mit Einführungsgesetz und Nebengesetzen Wiener UN-Kaufrecht (CISG) by T Ulrich Magnus (2019) 27(3) European Review of Private Law pp 665-671.
              • Book Review: UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts—An Article-by-Article Commentary (2018) 49(3) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 409-412.
              • "Foreword: International Dispute Resolution in New Zealand" (2015) 46(4) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 1175-1178.
              • (with Alberto Costi) "Introduction" (2013) 11(2) New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law Special Conference Issue: 20th Annual ANZSIL Conference International Law in the Next Two Decades: Form or Substance? pp 289-290.
              • (with Claudia Geiringer) "Foreword" (2013) 11(1) New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law Special Issue—21st Birthday of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 pp vii-xiiii.
              • "Book Review: Stacey Strong Research and Practice in International Commercial Arbitration" (2011) New Zealand Law Journal pp 186.
              • "Foreword: International Dispute Resolution—Demysifying the New Frontier" (2012) 43(4) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 651-652.
              • "Protecting Human Rights in the Pacific" (2009) 40 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, pp vii-xii.
              • (with B Atkin, A Costi and G P McLay) "Foreword: Acknowledging Anthony Angelo's contribution" (2008) 39(4) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 541-542.
              • "Foreword: In memory of Lord Cooke" (2008) 39(1) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp iii-iv
              • (with L M Archer) "Student Companion: Restitution/Remedies" (2007) 9 New Zealand Law Journal p 345.
              • "R v Taunoa case summary" (2007) New Zealand Law Journal pp 346-347.
              • "Student Companion: Public Law: R v Hansen case summary and commentary" (2007) New Zealand Law Journal pp 47-49.

              Conference and oral presentations

              • "On the view of the 40th year of the CISG" at International Conference on 40 years of the CISG/Congreso Internacional: Celebrando Los 40 Años de la CISG (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, 17 April 2020).
              • "International dispute resolution put to the test—the commonwealth study into international commercial arbitration" panel discussion  (Victoria University of Wellington Law School, 12 March 2020).
              • Panel session on "Costs, diversity and technology: Tackling challenges in international commercial arbitration and the role of the Commonwealth" Launch of the Commonwealth Study on International Commercial Arbitration, Singapore, 6 February 2020.
              • Ministers' address at Meeting of Commonwealth Law Ministers and Senior Officials (Colombo, Sri Lanka, 4–7 November 2019).
              • "Panellist: Introducing the 2019 Study on International Commercial Arbitration in the Commonwealth" at Meeting of Commonwealth Law Ministers and Senior Officials Side Event (Colombo, Sri Lanka, 4–7 November 2019).
              • "A New Dispute Resolution Tool for Successful MSME Participation in Global Trade?" seminar at Universitat de Valencia, Economics Faculty (Valencia, 28 October 2019).
              • "Data: is it part of the sale price or just free in the purchase of intelligent appliances/electronics?" at the Annual Conference of the International Bar Association (Seoul, 22–27 September 2019).
              • "Businesses have human rights too" Inaugural Lecture (Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 23 July 2019).
              • "Dispute Resolution in Middle Earth" at Department of European and Comparative Procedural Law (Max Planck Institute, Luxembourg, 29 May 2019).
              • "Awarding Damages to Expropriated Parties" at Costs and Damages in International Arbitration: Pre-Vis Moot Conference (Vienna, 12 April 2019).
              • "Curiosity Does Not Always Kills the Cat—The Resourceful Ways How Small Islands Combat Climate Change" at The London International Boundary Conference 2019 (2–3 April 2019, London).
              • "Women in International Commercial Arbitration" at the Second South Pacific International Arbitration Conference Enhancing the Rule of Law and Increasing Business Confidence in a Globalized Economy (Papua New Guinea, 25–26 March 2019).
              • "The CISG as the Tool for Successful MSME Participation in Global Trade" at The CISG at Middle Age Conference (University of Pittsburg, 22–23 March 2019).
              • "SMEs the Stepchildren of the International Dispute Resolution System: Access to Cross-border Commercial Justice for MSME" at Penn State Law (Pennsylvania, 20 March 2019).
              • "Moderator: The Potential of Blockchain Technologies in DRR" at Research Conference on Small States: Strengthening Resilience through Disaster Risk Reduction (London, 25–26 Feb 2019).
              • "Investment Arbitration: Where do we Stand" at IV Annual Conference of the Belgian Chapter of the Club Español del Arbitraje: Arbitration and ADR in BIG construction projects of strategic infrastructure (Brussels, 15 February 2019).
              • "Hardship in the CISG" lecture at Universidad Panamericana (Guadalajara, Mexico 7 February 2019) (4th Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara VIS Pre-Moot).
              • "A view from New Zealand: The contribution of UNCITRAL texts to the rule of law in South Asia?" at South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) Round Table (4 February 2019, Brussels, Belgium).
              • "Negotiation" lecture at De Montfort University (Leicester—29 January 2019).
              • "How a good conflict resolution mechanism can help your company in international sales. Special impact on the current situation with the United Kingdom" presentation at Federación de Empresas de La Rioja (Bilbao, Spain, 24 January 2019).
              • "A legal journey through Oceania" presentation at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (London, 23 November 2018).
              • "Chair: Closing Panel" at Environmental Dispute Resolution and Small States Conference (Queen Mary University of London, London, 6–7 September 2018).
              • "Human Rights in International Arbitration" seminar Ottawa, Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 June 2018.
              • "The Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)—the Tool for the Successful Participation of Businesses in Global Trade" at Meeting on the UN Sales Convention for Liechtenstein industrial companies (University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, 13 June 2018).
              • "Access to Justice for MSMES" presentation 23 May 2018 Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Hong Kong.
              • AMINZ, Victoria University of Wellington and ILA International Arbitration Round Table 23 April 2018, Wellington
              • "Ethical Standards and Contract Compliance under the CISG" at 9th Annual Peter Schlechtriem CISG Conference (Vienna, Friday 23 March 2018).
              • "Vis Moot Special: International Arbitration & CISG—Siblings in Arms in the Fight for a Fairer World?" at 2nd Hamburg International Arbitration Day Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration (Bucerius Center for International Dispute Resolution, Hamburg, 20 March 2018).
              • "Human Rights in International Arbitration" at X Belgrade Arbitration Conference, Belgrade 16 March 2018.
              • "The way forward—what is involved in law reform?" Seminar for Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP and the Centre for Small States, Queen Mary University of London, Thursday March 15, 2018.
              • "Use of modern technology for dispute resolution and contract management (including dispute prevention)" panel expert at APEC Workshop on the use of modern technology for dispute resolution and electronic agreement management (particularly online dispute resolution) (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 3–4 March 2018).
              • "Other aspects of SELI Work Plan" panel expert at APEC Workshop on the use of modern technology for dispute resolution and electronic agreement management (particularly online dispute resolution) (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 3–4 March 2018).
              • "The New York Convention and the South Pacific Countries" at Regional International Arbitration Conference The Dawn of International Arbitration in the South Pacific (12–13 February 2018, Nadi, Fiji).
              • "Building a Career in International Arbitration with a Particular Focus on how Women can Avoid Common Pitfalls" Regional International Arbitration Conference The Dawn of International Arbitration in the South Pacific (12–13 February 2018, Nadi, Fiji).
              • "CISG: Enabling Access to Cross-Border Trade for the Pacific Islands' Businesses" Regional International Arbitration Conference The Dawn of International Arbitration in the South Pacific (12–13 February 2018, Nadi, Fiji).
              • "Arts 8 and 35 CISG" by teleconf 29 December 2017 for Khatam University Tehran-Iran.
              • "Human Rights in Investment Lawyers—Friends or Foes?" LSE Transnational Law Project (London, Wed 13 Dec 2017).
              • "Private Law an Ally in the Protection of Human Rights?" at Universidad de Navarra (2 November 2017, Pamplona, Spain).
              • "The purchase and sale of manufactured/complex assets" panel talk at the Annual Conference of the International Bar Association 2017 (Sydney, 8–13 October 2017).
              • "Pacific-wide Challenges" at panel discussion Human Rights in the Pacific (Wellington, Amnesty at Vic, 18 Sept 2017).
              • "Chair: Climate Change and Small States" at Environmental Law and Small States Conference (Queen Mary University of London, 5–6 September 2017).
              • "The Great Ethics Debate: 'This house would legalise the creation of a free market for human organs in New Zealand'" Wellington Medical Students Association (Thursday 10 August 2017, Wellington).
              • (with Holger Jacobs) "Current Developments in the Unification of International Private Law and Private International Law" NZ Association of Comparative Law seminar (9 August 2017, Wellington).
              • "Implementing the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods" at UN General Assembly Congress Modernizing International Trade Law to Support Innovation and Sustainable Development to celebrate the 50th annual session of UNCITRAL (Vienna, Austria, 4–6 July 2017).
              • "International Court of Justice" at International Dispute Resolution Training (Singapore Management University, Singapore, 21–23 June 2017).
              • "UNCITRAL Dispute Resolution Mechanisms" at International Dispute Resolution Training (Singapore Management University, Singapore, 21–23 June 2017).
              • "Promoting the use of ICTs in the face of injustice, violence, discrimination & denial of human rights" at Equal Access to Information and Justice Online Dispute Resolution Conference (Paris, 12–13 June).
              • "Multinationals: Unlikely Guardians of Human Rights? Lecture as part of The Pub Talks Series, The Society for Philosophy and Culture, Wellington 24 May 2017.
              • "Does NZ have to be scared of a right to privacy?" Seminar at Privacy Commission 16 May 2017
              • "Arbitration and human rights" at Cambridge Compendium of International Commercial and Investment Arbitration: Selected Topics (Vienna, 7 April 2017).
              • Mooting Arbitrator at Mannheimer Swartling Vis Arbitration Pre-Moot, Stockholm, 1–2 April 2017.
              • "Sellers and Buyers: Pricing under the CISG" at Stockholm Pre-Moot Conference 24th Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (31 March 2017, Stockholm, Sweden).
              • "Can dispute resolution propel Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) into international markets and fuel the global economy?" seminar at Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law (30 March 2017, Stockholm, Sweden).
              • "Human Rights in Investment Arbitration for Students" lecture 30 March 2017 Hamburg.
              • Facilitator at Konfliktlosung durch Recht im internationalen Kontext (Den Haag, 25 March to 29 March).
              • "Article 35 CISG—what is new in the core" seminar at La Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Panamericana (10 February 2017, Mexico).
              • "Insites and Tips for Competing in the Vis Moot" Panellist at Fourth Annual Willen C Vis Moot International Commercial Arbitration Moot Pre-Moot Competition (Pennsylvania 4 February 2017).
              • Arbitrator at Fourth Annual Willen C Vis Moot International Commercial Arbitration Moot Pre-Moot Competition (Pennsylvania 4 February 2017).
              • "SMEs the step children in global trade? Which international dispute resolution mechanism will help them to become significant players?" at Works-in-Progress Conference, University of Missouri, School of Law (Columbia 2–3 February 2017).
              • "Conciliation and Small States" at Working Conference on Conciliation: What is it and when to use it (Singapore, 17–18 January 2017).
              • "International Commercial Law in Latin America" at CELAO2016 Conference 7–9 December Wellington.
              • "New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 Sections 4, 5, 6 BORA", Human Rights Review Tribunal Presentation, Wellington, 17 November 2016.
              • "Chances and Challenges of Mediation in Small States" at the Annual Conference of the International Bar Association 18-23 September 2016 Washington DC.
              • "International Dispute Resolution in Small States" at ALTA 2016 Advancing Better Government, Sustainable Economies, Vibrant Communities: Law's Role? (Wellington, 7–9 July 2016).
              • "The CISG—a secret weapon in the fight for a fairer world?" Seminar at St Johann, Italy, 1 September 2016.
              • "Fire side chat with Gary Born" at Annual AMINZ Conference 2016 (Queenstown, March, 2016).
              • "Ethics in Arbitration" UP Guadalajara 2016 CISG-International Arbitration Conference (Guadalajara, February, 2016).
              • "Do Investment Arbitration Tribunals Really have to be Afraid of Human Rights?" at The Politics of Arbitration Symposium (Penn State Law, Pennsylvania, USA, 29 January 2016).
              • "The Politics of Arbitration" seminar at Penn State University 29 Jan 2016.
              • "Insights and Tips for Competing in the Vis Moot" at Penn State University (Pennsylvania, USA 30 January 2016).
              • "Who is afraid of Human Rights?" seminar at Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA, January 2016.
              • "Moot Workshop" University of Montevideo, Uruquay, January 2016.
              • "Do investment arbitration tribunals really have to be afraid of human rights?" seminar at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (London, 24 November 2015).
              • "New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Parent or Younger Sibling?" seminar at Durham Law School (Durham, 20 November 2015).
              • "CISG—weapon in the Fight of a Fairer World" seminar to Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (London 14 November 2015).
              • "The CISG—a secret weapon in the fight for a fairer world?" seminar at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP (London, 10 November 2015).
              • "International arbitration the overlooked means to boost trade" at AMINZ Conference New Horizons (Wellington, July, 2015).
              • "B2B Cross-Border Dispute Resolution: Practical Considerations—An Academic Perspective" at ODR 2015: Access, Efficiency & Quality: Modern Challenges for the Bench, Bar and Public (New York, June, 2015).
              • "Show me the money" CLASS seminar, Crown Law (Wellington, June, 2015).
              • "Article I CISG" at CISG and Brazil conference (by videoconference, March 2015).
              • "The CISG—a secret weapon in the fight for a fairer world?" Lecture at UP Penn State Law, Pennsylvania, February 2015.
              • "The CISG—A Secret Weapon in the Fight for a Fairer World?" at Pace Law School, New York, February 2015.
              • "Human Rights and the CISG—an Oxymoron?" CISG Basel Conference 2015, January, Switzerland, 2015)
              • "German 'Strong' Judicial Review—Too Scary for New Zealand?" at 25 Years NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990, New Zealand Judges' Conference (October, 2014).
              • "Summary of Jurisdiction" at Issues in Unjust Enrichment NZLS CLE Intensive (Wellington and Auckland, July 2014).
              • "Discussant—Constitutional Review" The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act: Continuing the Conversation, Parliament (June 2014).
              • "The Chances and Challenges of International Arbitration—an Academic's Perspective" Wellington Breakfast Meeting (AMINZ, Wellington, May 2014).
              • "Acceptance" at International Conference "Brazil and the CISG" (Brazil, March 2014).
              • "The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990—A Pakeha Myth?" at Hamburg Symposium on Colonialism and International Law (Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, March 2014).
              • "Business and Human Rights" guest lecture, Universidade Federal do Parana (March 2014).
              • "Business and Human Rights" Oil Spills in the Niger Delta: Corporate Responsibility for Environment and Human Rights, NZ Centre for Public Law (Wellington, February 2014).
              • "The CISG as an Alternative to Domestic Sales Law" guest lecture Penn State University, LLM Programme (January 2014).
              • "Human Rights Justifications for the Project" at Fair Contract Law: A Toolkit for International Trade Workshop (European University Institute, Florence, Italy, November, 2013).
              • "Chair morning session" at Fair Contract Law: A Toolkit for International Trade Workshop (European University Institute, Florence, Italy, November, 2013).
              • "Business Law and Human Rights: A Contract Perspective" seminar at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Madrid, October, 2013).
              • "Dispute Resolution" at Restating International Sales Law (St Augustine, September, 2013).
              • "It Takes Two to Tango—Have they Learned their Steps" at Unearthing New Zealand's Constitutional Traditions NZCPL Conference 2013 (Wellington, August, 2013).
              • "Chair: session—Using Domestic Approaches to hold States Accountable for International Human Rights Commitments" at 21st Annual ANZSIL Conference: Accountability and International Law (Canberra, July, 2013).
              • Chair: session 3 at Faith, Reason an the Foundations of Knowledge conference (Wellington, February, 2013).
              • "Circumcision in the Spotlight: A Rights Debate" at NZ Centre for Public Law panel debate (Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, August, 2012).
              • Arbitrator Mock Arbitration and Chair "How to Draft your Next Commercial Deal" AMINZ Conference, Wellington, 2012.
              • "Cross-fertilization of constitutional ideas: Relationship between the Human Rights Act 1998 (UK) and the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990" at Lecture at Bocconi University (Milan, June, 2012).
              • "Electronic Commerce and the CISG" at The New International Sales Law of Turkey: CISG, United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Istanbul, May 2012).
              • "Rights and Regulation" at NZ Law Foundation Regulatory Reform Project Workshop (Wellington, April 2012).
              • "The Case for a Right to Privacy in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act" at Human Rights Review Tribunal Annual Conference 2012 (Wellington, July 2012).
              • "The CISG Down-Under—Is the Sleeping Beauty Slowly Awakening?" at The Annual MAA Peter Schlechtriem CISG Conference Globalisation versus Regionalization (Hong Kong, March 2012).
              • "CISG & International Arbitration—A Fruitful Marriage?" at Albert H Kritzer Conference on the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods (Sao Paulo, Brazil, November, 2011).
              • "CISG and International Arbitration—A Fruitful Marriage?" at Works-in-Progress Conference (Missouri, October, 2011).
              • "Article 35 International Sale of Goods Convention (or the CISG)—Gateway to the World" Public Seminar, Northwestern University Law School (Chicago, October 2011).
              • "How Private is Private?" at New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990—21st Birthday Celebrations (Wellington, August, 2011).
              • "Update on human rights developments in the Pacific, in particular in Fiji" at the Australian Law Teachers Association Conference (Brisbane, July, 2011).
              • "The Electronic Communications Convention and the CISG" MAA Peter Schlechtriem in memoriam Conference (Vienna, April, 2011).
              • "Articles 7 and 8 CISG—Vehicles to Lure the Common Law World to the CISG?" at The CISG at its 30th Anniversary: A Conference in Memory of Albert H Kritzer (November, Belgrade, 2010).
              • (with Andrew Butler) "Protecting Rights" at Reconstituting the Constitution (IPS and NZCPL, Wellington, September 2010).
              • "Human Rights in the Pacific—An Update" at Power, Regulation and Responsibility: Lawyers in Times of Transition ALTA conference (Auckland, July 2010).
              • "It takes two to tango—do they know their steps?" (New Zealand's experience with the dialogue model) at Judicial Supremacy or Inter-Institutional Dialogue? Political Responses to Judicial Review Sydney Law School (Sydney, May, 2010).
              • "Human Rights in the Pacific" seminar at Australian Centre for Peace and conflict Resolution, University of Queensland (Brisbane, May, 2010).
              • "What constitutes Discrimination under BORA and the HRA?" Human Rights Review Tribunal, Members' Training (Wellington, March, 2010).
              • "No it is not Oakes—it is Hansen" Canada and New Zealand: Connections, Comparisons and Challenges, (Wellington, February, 2010).
              • "The Impact of the Oakes Test on the Interpretation of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990" at Canada and New Zealand: Connections, Comparisons and Challenges Conference (Wellington, February, 2010).
              • "Human Rights Review Tribunal" at Public and Administrative Law Conference (Wellington, February, 2010).
              • "We sing in unison with different voices—human rights in the European Union" Europe Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Overcoming "East and West", International Conference, (Wellington, November 2009).
              • "Constitutional Entrenchment: The Argument for Higher Law" Public and Administrative Law Conference (February, 2009)
              • "The Role of the Attorney-General under section 7 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990" Centre for Comparative Constitutional Law, Melbourne, seminar, October 2008.
              • (with Andrew Butler) "The New Zealand Experience—the implementation of the Bill of Rights Act in New Zealand" Ministry of Justice seminar (Melbourne, October, 2008).
              • "Ist Grundrechtsschutz in einer parlamentarischen Demokratie moeglich?" Seminar fuer die Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, (Olang, September, 2008).
              • (with Claudia Geiringer and Ben Keith) "What does R v Hansen mean for the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990?" Lexis Nexis, Public Law Conference (February 2008).
              • "Protecting Basic Rights in New Zealand" Bucerius Law School, April 2007.
              • "Freedom of Religion (Chair)" Victoria University of Wellington Human Rights Symposium, August 2007.
              • "15 Years of the Bill of Rights & Judicial Dialogue in New Zealand" Human Rights Review Tribunal Symposium (Rotorua, October, 2006).
              • (with Andrew Butler) "What lessons can Australia learn from the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990?" Southern Currents, Australian and New Zealand Law Librarians Conference (Melbourne, September, 2006).
              • "15 Years of the Bill of Rights: Time to Celebrate, Time to Reflect, Time to Work Harder?" Human Rights Research Seminar (Wellington, August, 2006)
              • "15 Years Bill of Rights—What lessons can be learnt from New Zealand?" Keynote speech, Australian Bill of Rights: The ACT and Beyond (Canberra, June, 2006).
              • "The Australian Bill(s) of Rights from a Comparative Perspective" Waikato Law School, July 2006.
              • "The CISG and common law—are the two compatible?" Lecture for the International Law Association, University of Osnabrück (April 2006).
              • "The Courts and Freedom of Expression" Freedom of Expression Symposium (Wellington, February, 2006)
              • "A Pacific Human Rights Charter and Customary Rights?" PIPSA Conference (November, 2005)
              • "The Executive and Federalism in Germany" 3rd Annual Centre for Public Law (Victoria University of Wellington), Conference on "The Executive" (November, 2005).
              • "Human Rights in the Pacific" Human Rights Research Seminar (Wellington, July, 2005).
              • "The International Bill of Rights and a Pacific Charter on Human Rights—An Oxymoron?" Peace, Justice and Reconciliation in the Asia–Pacific Region International Conference (April 2005).
              • "The New Zealand Accident Compensation Scheme—A Model for Austria?" Lecture at Franzen Leopold Universitaet Innsbruck, (March 2005).
              • "Comment in regard to the ALI project on Conflict of Laws and Intellectual Property" Intellectual Property Workshop (Victoria University of Wellington, March 2005).
              • "New Developments in International Human Rights" Two day seminar for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (February 2005).
              • "To Live or to Die, who decides?" Lecture given at Durham University (December, 2004).
              • "Religious Symbols at School" Equality Symposium (Auckland, May, 2004).
              • "Chair—Medical Misadventure Session" Second Accident Compensation Workshop (Victoria University of Wellington, November 2003).
              • "Parliamentary Sovereignty and Human Rights" Paper for Courts Conference, Centre for Public Law, Victoria University of Wellington, (November 2003).
              • "The Connexion of Insurance Contracts in German International Law" Post Colloquium Papers for the British Insurance Law Association.
              • "Property and Alimony in No-Fault Divorce: The New Zealand Experience" (co-authored with Professor AH Angelo) Paper for the International Comparative Law Conference 1994.

              Looseleaf treatises and commentaries

              • (co-authored with Andrew Butler) "Human Rights" in Laws of New Zealand (LexisNexis Butterworths, Wellington, 2003).