Supporting and publishing scholarly research about women.
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Published: 14 November, 2018
Publisher: LexisNexis New Zealand
New Zealand Women’s Law Journal aims of the Journal are to promote awareness about women’s issues in the law and to support women in the New Zealand legal profession in their careers.
The scope of the Journal is wide: publishing articles related to any domestic or international topic concerning women, gender perspectives and the law. The New Zealand Women’s Law Journal Trust also encourage articles that take an intersectional approach and simultaneously examine issues of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and sexual orientation.
The articles and commentaries included are chosen from the work of lawyers, graduate students and academics.
For further information about the New Zealand Women’s Law Journal Trust, visit http://www.womenslawjournal.co.nz/
Features
Editorial — Kōrero tīmatanga Ana Lenard & Allanah Colley
Foreword — Kupu whakataki Una Jagose QC
An inspirational career Rt Hon Lady Brenda Hale DBE
State of the Nation — Tauākī o te Motu Bridget Sinclair, Kate Tarawhiti, Bernadette Arapere, Monique van Alphen Fyfe & Indiana Shewen
Be just & fear not Gill Gatfield
Legally brown: The experiences of Pasifika women in the criminal justice system Litia Tuiburelevu (Auckland District Law Society Writing Prize Winner 2018)
The end of "He or She"? A look at gender-neutral legislative drafting in New Zealand and abroad' Ruby King & Jasper Fawcett
The reactivation of pay equity in New Zealand by Terranova: Why did it take so long? Charlotte Doyle
Prosecuting sexual violence in conflict and the future of the common criminal purpose in international criminal law Katharine Guilford
Women without a voice: Japan's silencing of its "comfort women" and the redemptive future the Tokyo's Women's tribunal offers to the gendered and colonial history of international law Shontelle Grimberg
Commentaries — ngā pito kōrero
Review essay: Reflections on the perpetual cycle of discrimination, harassment and assault suffered by New Zealand's women lawyers and how to break it after 122 years: Reviewing Gill Gatfield's Without Prejudice Dr Anna Hood
Yes, no or maybe? The "odd" result in Christian v R Emily Blincoe
Employment status of relief support workers: Lowe v Director-General of Health Cassandra Kenworthy
Wrongful birth and lost wages: J v Accident Compensation Corp Anthea Williams
Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis v DSD Sam McMullan