Category Archives: News

Pukeko Research has released results of a Law Foundation funded survey on a group of grandparents raising their grandchildren – grandparents who had been involved in custody and guardianship matters in the Family Court prior to the 2014 changes. The … Continue reading →

New Zealand Red Cross, in conjunction with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will run the fifth International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition for New Zealand law students on 2nd and 3rd December 2016, in Wellington. This … Continue reading →

Professor Ngaire Naffine will present this year’s Shirley Smith Address on the topic “Manliness, Male Right and Criminal law: the Uses of Criminal Law in the Formation of the Character of the Male Legal Person”. 5:30pm, Wed 23 Nov 2016 … Continue reading →

The Law Foundation provided support for the Access to Justice Round Table held at Waikato University on 26 October 2016 in association with the Maori Indigenous Governance Centre and Griffith University, Australia. Discussion centred around systematic challenges within our legal … Continue reading →

The just released Patent Law and Policy book is Professor Susy Frankel’s second publication based on her Law Foundation funded research project titled “Intellectual Property Law for a Small Developed Country”. The book addresses two core questions: What is the … Continue reading →

Youthlaw today released their research report titled “Barriers to Education in New Zealand: the Rise of Informal Removals of Students in New Zealand”. The research, funded by the New Zealand Law Foundation, highlights the experiences of a number of children … Continue reading →

The first research project for the Law Foundation’s $2m Information Law and Policy Project (ILAPP)* is already underway. It is titled “Regulating Digital Currencies that use Blockchain Technology” and it deals with one of the most game-changing and challenging technology … Continue reading →

The Law Foundation invites you to subscribe to its YouTube channel and find out about our latest legal research projects underway or recently completed. Our NZLF Snapshot series of videos has short interviews with leading New Zealand researchers whose projects … Continue reading →

The conversation has started on a written constitution for New Zealand – and the Law Foundation is backing the discussion. Former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Dr Andrew Butler launch their book, Constitution Aotearoa, at Parliament today Wednesday 21st … Continue reading →

Yesterday the Otago Law Faculty celebrated the launch of two Law Foundation funded books written in honour of their academic staff: Emeritus Professor Peter Skegg and Emeritus Professor John Smillie. The books, “Law, Ethics, and Medicine: Essays in honour of … Continue reading →