Browsing by Supervisor "Wilson, Margaret"
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A Historical Analysis of the Status of Women in New Zealand: Has CEDAW had an Impact?
(University of Waikato, 2013)This thesis analyses the current and historical status of women in New Zealand for the purpose of discovering why full equality between men and women has not yet been achieved. This object will be accomplished by analysing, ... -
Faith, hope and charity – a critical review of charity law's socio-legal reconciliation of the advancement of religion as a recognised head of charity
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The object of my inquiry throughout the thesis was to reconcile the advancement of religion as a recognised charitable purpose, and this is undertaken through a critical socio-legal review, taking in to consideration, inter ... -
Identity and its protection as the aim and purpose of international human rights law: The case of (inter)sex identity and its protection
(The University of Waikato, 2018)The history of intersex people has demonstrated a life of invisibility with an imposed identity they did not choose. The lack of identity, or at least an autonomous one, led to a theoretical investigation into identity and ... -
Local Implications of International Human Rights Treaties: The Impact of a CEDAW Right to Public Life in the Republic of Maldives
(University of Waikato, 2016)In 1979, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) codified women’s rights to equality in both private and public spheres of life, and introduced it as a global norm. It stipulated ... -
What makes constitutions legitimate? A legal analysis of constitutions and legitimacy: The example of Fiji.
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The title of this thesis What makes Constitutions Legitimate? A Legal Analysis of Constitutions and Legitimacy: the Example of Fiji gives an indication of its subject matter and its significance to understanding the ... -
Why did they do it? Moral sensibilities, motivating reasons, and degrees of moral blame in culpable homicide
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Humans have a long evolutionary history of violence. The psychological mechanisms underlying aggression can be viewed as “solutions” (albeit undesirable solutions) to any one of a number of adaptive problems that exist in ...
