Law
Blog post
Model law on emergency management
The purpose of the model laws elaborated by the Regulatory Institute is to facilitate the tasks of regulatory practitioners to improve the quality of laws by triggering more conscious choices. This model law aims to optimise two goals, taking profit of knowledge of specialists and avoiding conflicts of competence, by giving a centralised all-emergencies-centre a...
Report
Coercive control in domestic relationships
Coercive control is a form of domestic abuse. Perpetrators aim to take away their partner's autonomy and freedom. This inquiry looked at ways to better respond to the phenomenon of coercive control.
Discussion paper
Review of Succession Law: rights to a person’s property on death
This document identifies issues with the current New Zealand succession law and presents detailed proposals for reform.
Report
The role of the intervener in human rights cases
The purpose of this project was to examine the role that interveners have played in human rights cases in New Zealand, and whether the quality of decision making could be said to have improved as a result.
Report
Judgments as data
This report addresses access to case law in New Zealand, why it is important, and how it can be improved, particularly for use in digital services. In particular, it calls for written decisions of courts and tribunals in New Zealand to be prepared and published as digital data.