The different components Methodology and Advanced of the legal research and writing process including initial Writing analysis, research ethics, writing style and writing a legal 0 points research essay are canvassed in this course.

New students 26 February - 28 February are provided with information about the Davis Law Library, its collections and resources and legal data base training.

Bronwyn Davies, University of Auckland 0 2.5 5 7.5 10 0 2.5 5 7.5 10 LAWPUBL 757 The activities of international organisations pervade all aspects International Organisations of our lives.

Yet, the actions of such organisations sometimes 30 points attract considerable controversy.

This subject will focus on the 4 March - 10 March legal framework that applies to international organisations through an analysis of practice and case law.

Topics to be explored include the powers and law-making function of international organisations, the immunities of international organisations, and the responsibility of international organisations for breaches of international law.

Throughout the course, students will discuss a range of examples from international, regional and specialist organisations.

Professor Alison Duxbury, University of Melbourne 0 2.5 5 7.5 10 0 2.5 5 7.5 10 LAWPUBL 749 The course explores international and comparative law and 10 Indigenous Persons: Law policy relevant to Indigenous peoples.

Beginning with an and Policy examination of the United Nations system as it relates to 30 points Indigenous peoples, the course will also analyse the ground- 11 March - 17 March breaking jurisprudence of the Inter-American and African regional human rights systems.

Moving to comparative 0 2.5 5 7.5 jurisdictions, it will examine the United States, Brazil and Namibia with respect to their laws and policies relevant to LAWCOMM 748 Indigenous peoples.

Advanced Torts Professor Robert A Williams Jr, University of Arizona 15 points 18 March - 24 March 10 0 2.5 5 7.5 0 2.5 5 7.5 An examination of advanced topics in torts, all of which there have been significant new decisions of the courts in New Zealand and in common law countries around the world.

The seminars accordingly will take a comparative approach, with the focus on the law in New Zealand but informed in particular by decisions in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Singapore.

Professor Jason Neyers, Western University 10 0 2.5 5 7.5 10 Semester 1 2020 Intensive courses COMLAW 740 A A study of the New Zealand income tax base.

The course Tax Base examines income timing and recognition, comparisons between 15 points the nature of capital and income, the differing treatment of each, 26 March - 28 March and provides a deeper understanding of the policy behind the New Zealand income tax regime.

It provides both a theoretical 0 2.5 5 7.5 background and detailed technical knowledge of the scope and application of the most significant regimes for income, deduction LAWCOMM 775 A and timing in the Income Tax Act 2007.

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International Tax Law Professor Craig Elliffe, University of Auckland 15 points 2 April - 4 April 10 0 2.5 5 7.5 10 0 2.5 5 7.5 The role and functions of Double Tax Agreements (DTAs), their history and purpose, how to use a DTA and interpret it as part of LAWCOMM 769 international public law and the Vienna Conventions are Economic Regulation: considered in this course.

The role of specific articles in the principles and practice DTAs, the international law rules for foreign investment funds, 15 points controlled foreign companies, foreign dividend withholding 6 April - 8 April payments, conduit relief, underlying foreign tax credits, and foreign investor tax credits are examined along with 0 2.5 5 7.5 international trusts and how tax havens work.

Professor Craig Elliffe, University of Auckland LAWPUBL 758 Uncensored History of 10 0 2.5 5 7.5 10 International Law 30 points This course looks at the rationale for economic regulation, 20 April - 24 April explores what makes good regulatory practice and the range of 28 April - 30 April regulatory tools available to tackle identified problems, and considers the potential downsides and risks of regulation.

It 0 2.5 5 7.5 explains how New Zealands regulatory workhorse, Part 4 of the Commerce Act 1986, operates and reviews legal challenges to it.

The course explores the regulatory frameworks in the telecommunications sector and the dairy sector.

Donal Curtin, Managing Director, Economics New Zealand 10 0 2.5 5 7.5 10 The course investigates, the reason for understanding the history of international law and the methodological approaches available for any such project.

As part of it the notion of censorship will feature prominently in the project design, either in its pure form (such as the 1956 Protocol of Sevres; President Woodrow Wilsons open treaties idea) or by virtue of its indirect meaning and impact (e.g.

We shall consider a range of different topics including the role of religion in the formation of international legal narrative, the idea of slavery and human rights, the methods of colonization and decolonization, the rhetoric of institutional virtue and self-determination and the methodological options open for engagement with history.

Professor Dino Kritsiotis University of Nottingham 10 0 2.5 5 7.5 10 Semester 1 2020 Intensive courses LAWPUBL 747 This wide-ranging course examines key current issues in Patients Rights patients rights including access, quality and information.

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What 15 points rights do patients have to access health care How is the 7 May - 9 May quality of health care assessed What are the limits of information disclosure, e.g, competence information, outcomes 0 2.5 5 7.5 data, complaint history How well does New Zealands HDC and ACC system resolve patient concerns How effectively COMLAW 747 does the HDC Act and Code provide access to justice for GST aggrieved patients How are patients protected from 15 points incompetent or abusive practitioners What is the role of 14 May - 16 May professional discipline in affirming patients rights Have legislated patients rights improved the safety and quality of health care Professor Ron Paterson, University of Auckland 10 0 2.5 5 7.5 10 An advanced study of Goods and Services Tax (GST): both a theoretical background and high level of technical knowledge of the GST Act 1985.

Comparisons with other indirect taxes and overseas variations of GST (notably Australian GST and the United Kingdom VAT) provide a deeper understanding of the policy behind the New Zealand GST regime.