The annual Academy Awards ceremoney in Los Angeles on 29 February 2004 was a predictable, but still impressive, triumph for the third movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, based on the novels of South African born fantasy author J R R Tolkien.

What is the future of dispute resolution? Will “alternative” dispute resolution (ADR) processes dominate the courts system, or will the later "absorb" the former. This essay answers the above by identifying a dialectic between ADR and the law reminiscent of that between law and Equity. The essay revisits the meaning of justice and the role of dispute resolution processes in society. It concludes that only a strong form of legal plurality will lead to real benefit from ADR.

James Cook was a very successful sailor.His map making skills were very good. This was part of the reason he was chosen to command the voyage to the Pacific.

A snapshot of how the Australian continent was discovered, of how the early European explorers discovered the land. About how Captain James Cook discovered New South Wales and how British colonization was started.

The effects of Alcohol advertising, how does it encourage drinking in young teenagers? Does it have a link to teenagers getting toasted on Friday and Saturday nights?

A discussion of whether the negligence claim in Brooks v Commissioner of Police for Metropolis [2005] UKHL 24, [2005] one WLR 1495 should have been allowed, and what alternative remedies and avenues of accountability (both legal and other) would have been available to Mr Brooks in New Zealand.

This paper discusses the ramifications of Koia v Carlyon Holdings Ltd [2001] one ERNZ 585 at 594 (para 25) on the role the intention of parties to employment contracts; particularly where the Full Court had this to say: Under the Employment contracts Act 1991 (NZ), the clearly expressed intentions of the parties prevailed over all other consideration: Cunningham v TNT Express Worldwide [1993] one ERNZ 695. So if the contract was wholly reduced to writing that was the end of the inquiry.

It is true that every human being in this world has some kind of freedom of choice, but can that privilege be extended to the right to die?

Relatively unknown is the smattering of New Zealand actors and actresses that have graced the Hollywood movie scene and to change that is a list of famous people that you may or may not have known were true, blue kiwis.

The world we are living in is rapidly changing, and so is our life. Each and every day new things, discoveries, and professions emerge. One of these relatively new professions is life coaching. In spite of the fact that it is only about 10 years old, many people still don’t know what life coaching is about. What is Life Coaching? What do Life Coaches do? These two questions I hear nearly every day, so I thought it would be good to have my answers in writing. Here are some ideas on it.