Legal publications
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Two recent legal books
7 June 2019
Principles of Criminal Law, 5th editionBy Andrew P Simester and Warren BrookbanksAs the title states, this is a comprehensive analysis…
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Some recent legal books
5 April 2019
Corporate Law in New ZealandEdited by Susan Watson and Lynne TaylorThe editors say they provide a comprehensive and critical analysis…
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Changes at NZ Women's Law Journal
27 February 2019
It is hard to believe that only three years ago the New Zealand Women’s Law Journal – Te Aho Kawe…
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Some recent legal books
30 November 2018
Arbitration, 2nd editionBy Anthony Willy and Terry SissonsA lot has changed in the world of arbitration since retired District Court…
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The Australian Advocacy Institute's Advocacy Manual
30 November 2018
The Complete Guide to Persuasive Advocacy, 2nd Edition, 2018 (Reprint)By Professor George Hampel AM QC, Justice Ann Ainslie-Wallace, Elizabeth Brimer…
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Pleadings Without Tears – A Guide to Legal Drafting Under the Civil Procedure Rules
9 November 2018
By William Rose (revised and updated by Roger Eastman), 9th edition, Oxford University Press, 2017Reviewed by Garry WilliamsIt is a…
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The Articulate Advocate: Persuasive Skills for Lawyers in Trials, Appeals, Arbitrations and Motions, 2nd edition
5 October 2018
By Brian K Johnson and Marsha HunterReviewed by Garry WilliamsIn 1992, Tom Amberry, a 72-year-old retiree, walked onto a basketball…
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International Indigenous Rights in Aotearoa New Zealand
31 August 2018
Edited by Andrew EruetiReviewed by Dr Maria A Pozza and Miaana WaldenThis is a unique contribution of informative and critical…
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How Judges Decide Cases — Reading, Writing and Analysing Judgments, 2nd edition
31 August 2018
By Andrew Goodman, Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing, 2018Reviewed by Garry WilliamsWhen I was eight years old I had to…
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Cross-Examination: Science and Technique
1 June 2018
By Larry S. Pozner & Roger J Dodd, 3rd Edition, LexisNexisReviewed by Garry WilliamsI think I first saw Irving Younger’s…
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Plundering Beauty: A History of Art Crime during War
29 March 2018
By Judge Arthur Tompkins Reviewed by Louisa Gommans Wellington solicitor and founding co-trustee of the New Zealand Art Crime Research…
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New legal books
2 March 2018
Burrows, Finn and Todd on the Law of Contract in New Zealand, 6th editionBy Jeremy Finn, Stephen Todd and Matthew…
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This Realm of New Zealand – The Sovereign, The Governor-General, The Crown
2 February 2018
By Alison Quentin-Baxter and Janet McLean (Auckland University Press, December 2017)Reviewed by Sir Geoffrey Palmer QCThis book exhibits detailed and…
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Advocacy: The tools of the trade – The UK Bar Manual on Advocacy
2 February 2018
Reviewed by Garry WilliamsOne of the first things I did when I arrived in London in late 1997 was to…
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From tempting idea to weighty tome
1 December 2017
Feminist Judgments of Aotearoa New Zealand – Te Rino: A Two-Stranded Rope (Hart Publishing, Oxford and Portland, 2017) $173.Edited by…
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