Geoffrey Palmer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3949042 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geoffrey Palmer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geoffrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Palmer |
| SIGNATURE | PALMER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria University of Wellington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Protecting Aotearoa Democracy by Reforming Parliament
New Zealand faces an unstable world, perhaps more so than any time since the Second World War. The geopolitical situation is not the only issue. There has been a noticeable decline of democracy in many countries during the last 20 years. The tendency has been toward populism and authoritarianism, even dictatorship. Liberal democracies have come under challenge and people who live in them are uneasy. Democracy has always been a fragile form of gov…
Financing and Delivering: New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Scheme
This chapter traces the origins of New Zealand’s accident compensation scheme (ACC), and examines its implementation, including financing, administration, and development over time. Although the scheme has improved the plight of accident victims better than previous common law tort arrangements would have, it has not lived up to the original vision for it, partly due to several major and many lesser changes to its governance and administration pr…
The Criminal Law, the Intelligence and Security Act and the Protective Security Requirements
New Zealand was a pioneer in the codification of its criminal law. The Criminal Code Act was passed in 1893, after a lengthy gestation period. The work owed its origins to law reform activities in India, a tendency spread from India to other British jurisdictions, notably Canada and parts of Australia, but never England. The requirement that common law offences were no longer valid and criminal offences had to be clearly defined in statutes passe…
Reflections upon the Drift Away from Democracy in the United States
In this article Sir Geoffrey reflects on democracy in the context of the United States, with special attention to the events of recent years both in the United States and internationally. A drift away from democracy is noted and an agenda for reform of the United States system is advanced for the purpose of strengthening democracy in a country which is a role model for many others
Rethinking Public Law in a Time of Democratic Decline
The thirteen separate segments of this article are designed to explore the consequences for New Zealand public law of the global decline of democracy in many parts of the world, although not in New Zealand. The trend towards autocracy is evident in many countries and has been increasing. There was a time when democracy was thought to be inevitable, but that time has passed. Since New Zealand is a small and open society, democratic rot and decline…
New Zealand's Accident Compensation Scheme: Twenty Years on
New Ways to Make International Environmental Law
The purpose of this article is to suggest new ways to make international law for the environment. The existing methods are slow, cumbersome, expensive, uncoordinated and uncertain. Something better must be found if the environmental challenges the world faces are to be dealt with successfully. Nearly twenty years after the Stockholm Declaration, we still lack the institutional and legal mechanisms to deal effectively with transboundary and biosph…
Compensation for Incapacity
Accident Compensation in New Zealand: The First Two Years
Journal Article Accident Compensation in New Zealand: The First Two Years Get access Geoffrey W.R. Palmer Geoffrey W.R. Palmer *Geoffrey W.R. Palmer is Professor of Law, Victoria University of Wellington. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 25, Issue 1, Winter 1977, Pages 1–45, https://doi.org/10.2307/839650 Published: 01 January 1977
Compensation for Personal Injury: A Requiem for the Common Law in New Zealand
Geoffrey W. R. Palmer; Compensation for Personal Injury: A Requiem for the Common Law in New Zealand, The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 21, Issue
New Ways to Make International Environmental Law
The purpose of this article is to suggest new ways to make international law for the environment. The existing methods are slow, cumbersome, expensive, uncoordinated and uncertain. Something better must be found if the environmental challenges the world faces are to be dealt with successfully. Nearly twenty years after the Stockholm Declaration, we still lack the institutional and legal mechanisms to deal effectively with transboundary and biosph…
Compensation for Personal Injury: A Requiem for the Common Law in New Zealand
Geoffrey W. R. Palmer; Compensation for Personal Injury: A Requiem for the Common Law in New Zealand, The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 21, Issue
Compensation for Personal Injury: A Requiem for the Common Law in New Zealand
Geoffrey W. R. Palmer; Compensation for Personal Injury: A Requiem for the Common Law in New Zealand, The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 21, Issue
Accident Compensation in New Zealand: The First Two Years
Journal Article Accident Compensation in New Zealand: The First Two Years Get access Geoffrey W.R. Palmer Geoffrey W.R. Palmer *Geoffrey W.R. Palmer is Professor of Law, Victoria University of Wellington. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 25, Issue 1, Winter 1977, Pages 1–45, https://doi.org/10.2307/839650 Published: 01 January 1977
Compensation for Incapacity
New Ways to Make International Environmental Law
The purpose of this article is to suggest new ways to make international law for the environment. The existing methods are slow, cumbersome, expensive, uncoordinated and uncertain. Something better must be found if the environmental challenges the world faces are to be dealt with successfully. Nearly twenty years after the Stockholm Declaration, we still lack the institutional and legal mechanisms to deal effectively with transboundary and biosph…
New Zealand's Accident Compensation Scheme: Twenty Years on
Rethinking Public Law in a Time of Democratic Decline
The thirteen separate segments of this article are designed to explore the consequences for New Zealand public law of the global decline of democracy in many parts of the world, although not in New Zealand. The trend towards autocracy is evident in many countries and has been increasing. There was a time when democracy was thought to be inevitable, but that time has passed. Since New Zealand is a small and open society, democratic rot and decline…
Reflections upon the Drift Away from Democracy in the United States
In this article Sir Geoffrey reflects on democracy in the context of the United States, with special attention to the events of recent years both in the United States and internationally. A drift away from democracy is noted and an agenda for reform of the United States system is advanced for the purpose of strengthening democracy in a country which is a role model for many others
Financing and Delivering: New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Scheme
This chapter traces the origins of New Zealand’s accident compensation scheme (ACC), and examines its implementation, including financing, administration, and development over time. Although the scheme has improved the plight of accident victims better than previous common law tort arrangements would have, it has not lived up to the original vision for it, partly due to several major and many lesser changes to its governance and administration pr…
The Criminal Law, the Intelligence and Security Act and the Protective Security Requirements
New Zealand was a pioneer in the codification of its criminal law. The Criminal Code Act was passed in 1893, after a lengthy gestation period. The work owed its origins to law reform activities in India, a tendency spread from India to other British jurisdictions, notably Canada and parts of Australia, but never England. The requirement that common law offences were no longer valid and criminal offences had to be clearly defined in statutes passe…
Protecting Aotearoa Democracy by Reforming Parliament
New Zealand faces an unstable world, perhaps more so than any time since the Second World War. The geopolitical situation is not the only issue. There has been a noticeable decline of democracy in many countries during the last 20 years. The tendency has been toward populism and authoritarianism, even dictatorship. Liberal democracies have come under challenge and people who live in them are uneasy. Democracy has always been a fragile form of gov…
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