Heath and Whale


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Executory Contracts in Insolvency Law


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Executory Contracts in Insolvency Law offers a unique and wide-ranging transnational study of the treatment of ongoing contracts when one of the parties becomes insolvent. This second edition not only updates existing material, but also extends the analysis to key developing economies and restructuring hubs. Written by experts with extensive practical and scholarly knowledge in the field, this is a cutting-edge investigation into the philosophies and rationales behind the different policy choices adopted by more than 30 jurisdictions across the globe.




Directors' Powers and Duties


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This book provides practitioners and students with a full treatment of one of the most important and complex aspects of company law, directors' powers and duties. Of all the areas of company law, directors' powers and duties is among the least accessible from the statute (i.e. Companies Act 1993). Behind the statute, is a long and very complex history of equitable and common law case law, most of which remains applicable in New Zealand. This book also contains short summaries of leading cases which is very useful both for students and practitioners.







New Zealand Law Style Guide


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The New Zealand Law Style Guide seeks to remedy the inconsistent use of styles and provide a unified framework which the Courts, law schools, legal practices and legal publishers can follow.




Challenge and Change


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The Green Web


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This text is a history of the world's oldest global conservation body - the World Conservation Union, established in 1948 as a forum for governments, non-governmental organizations and individual conservationists. The author draws on unpublished archives to reveal the often turbulent story of the IUCN and its achievements in, and influence on, conservation and environmental policy worldwide - establishing national parks and protected areas and defending threatened species.




Family Law Policy in New Zealand


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Family Law Policy in New Zealand considers family law as a whole, from the definitions of 'family', through to context, goals, aspirations and judicial outcomes. Since the 4th edition was published in 2013, family law has undergone significant legislative change. Included in this edition is commentary on the changes recommended by the independent panel on family justice and the Law Commission on relationship property reform. As well as discussion of the Family Violence Act 2018, Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018 and amendments to the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989. The leading family law commentators in New Zealand have again provided insightful and authoritative essays, suitable for use in policy, study and practice.