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From “Best Interests” to “Will and Preferences”: Reforming New Zealand’s Adult Decision-Making Capacity Law

By: Yukio Sakurai  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/vjls-2025-0020 | Journal eISSN: 2719-3004 | Journal ISSN: 2719-5872
Language: English
Page range: 99 - 114
Submitted on: Sep 9, 2025
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Accepted on: Nov 20, 2025
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Published on: Dec 21, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

© 2025 Yukio Sakurai, published by Hochiminh City University of Law
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