How will Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination shape American politics? 🔊
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Republican promise to replace her with Amy Coney Barrett has profound implications for American politics and policy. How will the decision shape public policy, the checks and balances of the constitution...
What are the likely legal outcomes of the current US Supreme Court battle? 🔊
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away last week aged 87. A long time liberal voice on the US Supreme Court, her death has opened the likelihood of the court shifting to the right, perhaps quite dramatically. This is because President Donald Trump has...
Fast fashion: What are the hidden costs?
By Ivanhoe K.H. Leung, Cameron C. Weber & L. James Wright The textile and clothing manufacturing industry comes with a heavy price including environmental pollution and the well-publicised issues around the income and working conditions for workers. What is the...
Is the blockchain revolution coming?
By Gilbert Wong The technology behind cryptocurrency is going to change the way the world handles information. The tale of the Facebook Cambridge Analytica data scandal has all the ingredients of a Hollywood potboiler: dirty politics, faceless consultants for hire and...
What needs to happen to address wildfires? 🔊
In the last few weeks, the western part of the United States has experienced one of the worst wildfire seasons in history. Not coincidently, some areas have also recorded the highest temperatures since records began. What is the relationship between climate change and...
What does the future hold for law in a COVID world? ▶
The “Great Lockdown” has been described as the worst recession since the Great Depression and certainly is much worse than the Global Financial Crisis. Most countries around the world will have largely emptied their coffers, and borrowed heavily, to fund strategies to...
Does the Black Lives Matter movement reflect experiences in Aotearoa New Zealand?
By Ogonna Nweke In the 1970s African American activism was echoed in New Zealand influencing the creation and activism of both Ngā Tamatoa and the Polynesian Panthers. 50 years later these trends continue with protests across New Zealand sparked by the deaths of...
How can “dark ships” and “ghost ships” be tracked and apprehended?
By Christina Stringer In recent months, international media have reported dark ships fishing in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (commonly referred to as North Korea) waters. “Dark ships” are vessels with their Automatic Identification System (AIS) – a...
Is the risk of white nationalist terrorism in New Zealand increasing?
By Chris Wilson Past white nationalist terrorism demonstrates that the greatest risk often comes from individuals on the periphery of organised extremist groups. It is more than 18 months since a now convicted terrorist Brenton Tarrant drove to Christchurch, began...Subscribe by Email
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