Towards a quality framework for localized FC relaxometry

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Parliament v The Judiciary: The curious case of Judicial Activism

In 2004 amidst much controversy the Supreme Court was established by way of the Supreme Court Act 2004. The controversy that surrounded this event related in part to Ministerial concern that “Judicial Activism” would abound. This paper sets out to re-examine the concept of judicial activism in relation to New Zealand’s constitutional arrangement and considers whether in the 11 years since the Supreme Court’s establishment the decisions that have eventuated can be said to be evidence of an activist judicial bench. The conclusion reached is that New Zealand does not have an activist judiciary, especially not in the sense imagined by some parliamentary representatives. The Supreme Court decisions to date evidence a conservative and deferential judiciary. If judicial activism were to exist it is difficult to conceive of such activism having any meaningful effect without a NZBORA which allows for the judiciary to strike down inconsistent legislation. This author believes that New Zealand should not fear increasing judicial power in that way as any increase is unlikely to awaken judicial activism

"Competition policy" and the Doha development agenda. A position paper for the Foundation for Research, Science, and Technology

This position paper identifies a range of elements in the international debate on ‘Competition Policy’ that preceded the 2001 Doha Declaration. It is intended as a ‘scene-setter’, as the WTO moves towards its pivotal fifth Ministerial meeting in Mexico in September 2003

Spatial localization of relaxation dispersion by field-cycling with one-dimensional projection

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Justice by Any Other Name: The Right to a Jury Trial and the Criminal Nature of Juvenile Justice in Louisiana

The juvenile justice system has become increasingly punitive in recent decades. While the juvenile justice system has come to resemble the adult system in this way, juveniles facing adjudication nevertheless are denied the essential Sixth Amendment due process right. This Note will argue that the Louisiana Supreme Court decided State ex rel. D.J. incorrectly and, further, will demonstrate that the nation as a whole should revisit the place of juries in juvenile proceedings

Error propagation in fast field-cycling relaxometry

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Restorative Justice: An unwanted invitation for tea and biscuits?

On 6 December 2014 legislation mandating the consideration of restorative justice prior to sentencing was brought into effect. If an offender pleads guilty in the District Court to an offence where there is one or more identifiable victims then their case must be assessed to see whether a meeting between the offender and victim should be arranged, whereby both parties can discuss the cause and impact of the offending. Critics have been quick to comment on the “mandatory” nature of the legislation, the perception that it is “offender driven” and have highlighted the fact that participation by the offender may lead to a more lenient sentence. This essay responds to recent media reports which criticised the new legislation for the reasons noted. A particular focus is the idea that restorative justice is offender driven and therefore contrary to the purported philosophy of placing the victim at the centre of the justice system

A Family History of Lethal Prostate Cancer and Risk of Aggressive Prostate Cancer in Patients Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy.

We investigated whether a family history of lethal prostate cancer (PCa) was associated with high-risk disease or biochemical recurrence in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy. A cohort of radical prostatectomy patients was stratified into men with no family history of PCa (NFH); a first-degree relative with PCa (FH); and those with a first-degree relative who had died of PCa (FHD). Demographic, operative and pathologic outcomes were analyzed. Freedom from biochemical recurrence was examined using Kaplan-Meier log rank. A multivariate Cox logistic regression analysis was also performed. We analyzed 471 men who underwent radical prostatectomy at our institution with known family history. The three groups had: 355 patients (75%) in NFH; 97 patients (21%) in FH; and 19 patients (4%) in FHD. The prevalence of a Gleason score ≥8, higher pathologic T stage, and biochemical recurrence (BCR) rates did not significantly differ between groups. On Kaplan-Meier analysis there were no differences in short-term BCR rates (p = 0.212). In this cohort of patients undergoing radical prostatectomy, those with first-degree relatives who died of PCa did not have an increased likelihood of high-risk or aggressive PCa or shorter-term risk of BCR than those who did not