scholarly journals The fragility of de facto abortion on demand in New Zealand Aotearoa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A McCulloch ◽  
Ann Weatherall
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Political Influences ◽  
On Demand ◽  
The Social ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancies ◽  
Good Access

© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. On the whole, women in New Zealand have good access to safe and affordable means to terminate unwanted pregnancies. Although seemingly ideal, the current situation is a fragile one. Under current legislation, abortion is criminalised and legal access to it relies on gaining the approval of two certifying consultant physicians. In this report, we provide an historical overview of the social and political influences shaping New Zealand’s current approach to abortion, considering the consequences of having abortion governed by criminal law. The situation in New Zealand is used to support a proposal that a pragmatic liberal feminist approach to abortion is best for women where it is a medical matter rather than a legal or moral one.

scholarly journals The fragility of de facto abortion on demand in New Zealand Aotearoa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A McCulloch ◽  
Ann Weatherall
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Political Influences ◽  
On Demand ◽  
The Social ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancies ◽  
Good Access

© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. On the whole, women in New Zealand have good access to safe and affordable means to terminate unwanted pregnancies. Although seemingly ideal, the current situation is a fragile one. Under current legislation, abortion is criminalised and legal access to it relies on gaining the approval of two certifying consultant physicians. In this report, we provide an historical overview of the social and political influences shaping New Zealand’s current approach to abortion, considering the consequences of having abortion governed by criminal law. The situation in New Zealand is used to support a proposal that a pragmatic liberal feminist approach to abortion is best for women where it is a medical matter rather than a legal or moral one.

The fragility of de facto abortion on demand in New Zealand Aotearoa

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison McCulloch ◽  
Ann Weatherall
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Political Influences ◽  
On Demand ◽  
The Social ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancies ◽  
Good Access

On the whole, women in New Zealand have good access to safe and affordable means to terminate unwanted pregnancies. Although seemingly ideal, the current situation is a fragile one. Under current legislation, abortion is criminalised and legal access to it relies on gaining the approval of two certifying consultant physicians. In this report, we provide an historical overview of the social and political influences shaping New Zealand’s current approach to abortion, considering the consequences of having abortion governed by criminal law. The situation in New Zealand is used to support a proposal that a pragmatic liberal feminist approach to abortion is best for women where it is a medical matter rather than a legal or moral one.

scholarly journals Evolution of the Abortion Law and its Practice in Poland Against the Background of the Current Legal Framework in New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Justyna Eska-Mikołajewska
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Abortion Law ◽  
Abortion Legislation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Abortion Laws ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Contemporary Approach

The article presents a comparative study on abortion legislation in Poland and New Zealand. It includes a historical overview of the social and political influences shaping the contemporary approach to abortion in these countries. The aim of the article is to discuss the changes to the Polish and New Zealand abortion legislation and the current procedures required to access abortion. This article highlights differences in approaches to this issue in both countries where abortion laws have evolved recently in opposite directions. In New Zealand, after removing abortion from the Crimes Act 1961, abortion ceased to be the subject to criminal law, while in Poland where one of the strictest anti-abortion laws had been in force already, a ban was imposed on abortion which made it practically impossible for women to access legal abortions.

scholarly journals Social worker registration: A decade of development, debate and delivery

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Gilray
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
The Social ◽  
Future Challenges

The Social Workers Registration Act was enacted into Aotearoa New Zealand law in April 2003 and provides the framework for the registration of social workers. In general the Act prescribes entitlement to and criteria for registration; competence and fitness to practise social work; and discipline and complaints procedures. A decade later, this discussion will explore the current situation and future challenges facing social worker registration in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Historical Overview of Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-58
Author(s):  
Svend Brinkmann ◽  
Michael Hviid Jacobsen ◽  
Søren Kristiansen
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social History ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Conceptual History ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Technological History

Qualitative research does not represent a monolithic, agreed-on approach to research but is a vibrant and contested field with many contradictions and different perspectives. To respect the multivoicedness of qualitative research, this chapter will approach its history in the plural—as a variety of histories. The chapter will work polyvocally and focus on six histories of qualitative research, which are sometimes overlapping, sometimes in conflict, and sometimes even incommensurable. They can be considered articulations of different discourses about the history of the field, which compete for researchers’ attention. The six histories are: (a) the conceptual history of qualitative research, (b) the internal history of qualitative research, (c) the marginalizing history of qualitative research, (d) the repressed history of qualitative research, (e) the social history of qualitative research, and (f) the technological history of qualitative research.

scholarly journals Treating Wrongs as Wrongs: An Expressive Argument for Tort Law

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 405-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Hershovitz
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Tort Law ◽  
Tort Reform ◽  
Corrective Justice ◽  
Social Standing ◽  
Tort Liability ◽  
Criminal Punishment ◽  
Expressive Function ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe idea that criminal punishment carries a message of condemnation is as commonplace as could be. Indeed, many think that condemnation is the mark of punishment, distinguishing it from other sorts of penalties or burdens. But for all that torts and crimes share in common, nearly no one thinks that tort has similar expressive aims. And that is unfortunate, as the truth is that tort is very much an expressive institution, with messages to send that are different, but no less important, than those conveyed by the criminal law. In this essay, I argue that tort liability expresses the judgment that the defendant wronged the plaintiff. And I explain why it is important to have an institution that expresses that judgment. I argue that we need ways of treating wrongs as wrongs, so that we can vindicate the social standing of victims. Along the way, I consider the continuity between tort and revenge, and I suggest a new way of thinking about corrective justice and the role that tort plays in dispensing it. I conclude by sketching an agenda for tort reform that would improve tort’s ability to serve its expressive function.

The Social Dangers Of The Crime Of Abuse Of Power Or Position: Problems Of Theory And Practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 72-12
Author(s):  
Shukhrat Khodjievich Alirizaev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Abuse Of Power ◽  
Official Position ◽  
The Social ◽  
Position Article

The article deals with the theoretical problems of social danger of the crime of abuse of power or official position (Article 205 of the Criminal Code), its place in criminal law, its connection with other official crimes. It also analyzes the increase in this crime in public life, corruption offenses and the origin of crimes. Signs of these and other official crimes are highlighted. Qualification issues in the competition of general and special official crimes are analyzed.

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