Foreword: International Dispute Resolution in New Zealand

Maternity in Dispute. New Zealand 1920–1939

PHILLIPA MEIN SMITH, Maternity in Dispute. New Zealand 1920-1939, Wellington, New Zealand, Historical Publications Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, 1986, 8vo, pp. xvii, 180, illus., $14.95. This book deserves a wide circulation. It is brief, but excellent. The 1920s and '30s were intensely worrying for all concerned with maternal welfare, not least the mothers themselves. Maternal mortal...

Dispute Resolution Clauses in International Contracts: An Empirical Study

Dispute prevention and dispute resolution in networked health information technology

The United States has committed to promote Health Information Technology through Electronic Health Records that will be exchanged among participants in the healthcare enterprise. In anticipation of problems, legal remedies have been established to protect the rights of all participants, especially their rights to protect the privacy of their own information. However, there are certain to be sit...

Online Dispute Resolution-The Emperor's New Clothes? Benefits and Pitfalls of Online Dispute Resolution and its Application to Commercial Arbitration

The question this paper addresses is how can IT support the resolution of disputes through arbitration and mediation. The first and second parts will examine the benefits of Online Dispute Resolution, some of the pitfalls it may present and how these can be avoided. The third part will then look at one of the more formidable obstaclesthe issue of security of communications. The fourth part will...

Working in psychiatry in New Zealand: Experiences of International (non-New Zealand) Medical Graduates.

On the 11th of February 2016, the Health Secretary in the United Kingdom (UK) Jeremy Hunt announced his plan to impose the Junior Doctor Contract despite thousands of healthcare professionals storming the streets of Westminster in defiant protest. A leading member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Psychiatric Trainee Committee described the Junior Doctor Contract as 'poisonous', exclaiming ...