Dec 21, 2022 | Edition 32, Editorials
WELCOME to our 32nd edition of ANZSIL Perspective with excellent perspectives on Authors’ Rights as Human Rights, Defending Crimes of Aggression and how this was discussed at the International Bar Association Conference in Miami, an important decision in the New...
Dec 21, 2022 | Edition 32, Human Rights, Perspectives
A September 2022 decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Safarov v Azerbaijan, reminds us that failing to protect authors’ rights is not just an economic issue. It can be a breach of human rights. The ECtHR case is not an isolated...
Dec 20, 2022 | Edition 32, Perspectives
At the International Bar Association (IBA) Conference last month in Miami, much talk was on Russian responsibility for aggression and atrocities in Ukraine. It began with opening remarks from Ukraine’s President Zelensky that “lawyers will ensure that all those guilty...
Dec 20, 2022 | Edition 32, Perspectives
For the first time in New Zealand (NZ), the High Court in Almarzooqi v Salih [2022] NZHC 1170 recently ruled that a refusal to pay mahr (dower/dowry) as part of a marriage contract concluded overseas as per sharīʿa law, constitutes a breach of contract that is...
Dec 20, 2022 | Edition 32, Perspectives, Vale Dictum
This perspective may be unlike prior published perspectives to which you are accustomed. Different. Considered. Genuine and a little poetic. This is perhaps how Moana would have preferred it. Unlike Moana, I may not skillfully find one poignant joke or humorous story...
