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Legal executives: A fifty year success story.
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Employers should be intolerant of ageism.
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Should New Zealand adopt hybrid social enterprise legislation?
(2013-12)In response to the emergence of the social enterprise phenomenon, many jurisdictions have enacted legislation to permit formation of entities that incorporate features of both companies and traditional charities. This ... -
Social enterprise: some tax policy considerations.
(2013)Bright lines do not demarcate altruistic and entrepreneurial domains: many charities engage in trade and many companies perform some public benefit functions. The emergence of social enterprises, which employ features of ... -
‘Pokie Machines Ruined My Brother': Gambling Associated Harm from a New Zealand Policy Perspective.
(2013)This article analyses government policy on gambling-associated harm and gambling taxation. Because of the variety in forms of gambling, and the consequent implausibility of a single formulation for gambling taxation, focus ... -
New Zealand makes controversial changes to the purpose of local government.
(2013)Since retaking power in 2008 after a decade of Labour-led government, the National Party has embarked on a series of local government regulatory reforms that seek simplification and cost savings. Recent amendments to the ... -
Transparency in government procurement: concerns for developing countries.
(2012)For many developing countries government procurement reform is a key issue, high on the good governance agenda. In addition, the recent revision of the WTO’s Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) has once again brought ... -
Land taxation: A New Zealand perspective.
(2012)This article considers land taxation from a New Zealand perspective. The theory underpinning land taxation is first sketched, along with the legislative history of land taxation in New Zealand and contemporary local ... -
Charities' tax privileges in New Zealand: A critical analysis.
(2012)This article critically analyses the tax privileges extended to charities in New Zealand. The concept of a charity is established, and the grounds for tax privileges are considered. Without gainsaying the social value that ... -
Returning dignity to labour: Workplace safety as a human right.
(2012)Universal human rights are derived from respect for human life and the inherent dignity of the person. As signatory to all major United Nations' human rights instruments, New Zealand is a 'human rights State'. However, New ... -
The Internet, the law, and privacy in New Zealand: Dignity with liberty?
(2012)Early participants in the Internet experienced very little legal or social pressure with respect to either data privacy or regulation. However, the innovations of Web 2.0 are symptomatic of a re-creation of cyberspace from ... -
Law, aesthetics and the environment: Some thoughts on sustaining natural beauty in New Zealand.
(2012)This article presents some thoughts on law, aesthetics and the environment in the context of New Zealand. The conflict between lifestylers and large scale, professional farmers is used to provide focus for the discussion. ... -
Name suppression orders and Web 2.0 media: The New Zealand Experience.
(2012)This commentary discusses the impact of Web 2.0 media on name suppression orders in New Zealand criminal trials. Specific consideration is given to offenders who are well known as they are most likely to attract the attention ... -
Wealth transfer tax redux? Part 2.
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Wealth transfer tax redux? Part 1.
(2012)