Browsing by Author "Boister, Neil"
Supervised by Neil Boister
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Suppression of terrorist financing: over-criminalization through international law
(The University of Waikato, 2018)In the last few decades, there has been a considerable effort, mainly from Western liberal States, to create and develop an internationally harmonized counter-terrorist financing regime through international treaties, soft ... -
Imbalance in surrender: the backing of warrants procedure with Australia under Part 4 of the Extradition Act 1999
(University of Waikato, 2017)The backing-of-warrants is a fast-track procedure for extradition regulated under Part 4 of the Extradition Act 1999. This thesis critically scrutinises a recent review of the legislation by the Law Commission as it relates ... -
Chief Amongst The Angels? International Prosecutors And The Modernist Project
(University of Waikato, 2016)This thesis argues that three successive generations of prosecutors—each of whom at some moment in time belong to a major institution designed specifically to enforce international criminal law—are best understood as agents ... -
Domestic Violence and Systemic Deception in the Family Legal System: A Compelling Case for Truthful Reform
(University of Waikato, 2016)This thesis investigates the law and legal philosophy behind New Zealand’s response to domestic violence. As a feature of common law reasoning, legal fiction, asserting something to be true when it is not true, persists ...