New Zealand Law/System
Background
editbased on the Prescription of 31 May 2010
Joseph "Constitutional and Administrative Law in New Zealand" (3rd ed 2007)
Palmer "Bridled Power" (4th Ed 2004)
Fundamental Principles of the Constitution
editRule of Law
edit- Transport Ministry v Payn (1977)
- Joseph Ch 6
Seperation of Powers
editJoseph Ch 7
Parliamentary Sovereignty
editCases
edit- Fitzgerald v Muldoon (1976)
- Shaw v CIR (1999)
Statutes
editReadings
editJoseph Ch 14
Treaty of Waitangi
editStatutes
edit- Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
- Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act (1985)
Cases
edit- Hoani Te Heu Heu Tukino v Aotea District Maori Land Board [1941] AC 308 (PC)
- Te Weehi v Regional Fisheries Officer (1986)
- Huakina Development Trust v Waikato Valley Authority (1987)
- NZ Maori Council v AG (1987)
- NZ Maori Council v AG (1989)
- Tainui Maori Trust Board v AG (1989)
- Te Runanga o Muriwhenua v AG (1990)
- AG v NZ Maori Council (1992)
- AG v NZ Maori Council (1994)
- Barton-Prescott v Director General of Social Welfare (1997)
- McRitchie v Taranaki Fish and Game Council (1999)
- Ngati Apa v AG (2003)
Readings
editJoseph Ch 3
Institutions of State
editParliament
editStatutes
editReadings
editJoseph Ch 10 and 12
Cases
edit- Prebble v TVNZ (1994)
Courts
editStatutes
edit- District Courts Act 1947
- District Courts Amendment Act 1979
- Judicature Act 1908
- section 1
- section 2
- section 3
- section 4
- section 6
- section 57
- section 59
- section 65
- section 69
- Judicature Amendment Acts 1972, 1977 & 2007
- Declaratory Judgments Act 1908 sections 2 to 4 & 7
- Imperial Laws Application Act 1988
- Supreme Court Act 2003
Cases
edit- Simpson v AG (1955)
- Ashby v Minister of Immigration (1981)
- Tavita v Minister of Immigration (1994)
- Simpson v AG [1994] 3 NZLR 667 [aka Baigent’s Case]
- Tangiora v Wellington District Legal Services Committee [2000] 1 NZLR 17 (PC)
Readings
edit- Joseph Ch 20
Governor General
editReadings
editJoseph Ch 18 and 19.3 - 19.5
Statutes
edit- Constitution Act 1986 ss 2,3,4,5,16,17,18
- Letters patent constituting the office of the Governor General 1983/225
Cases
editCIR v Medical Council of NZ (1997)
The Executive
editStatutes
edit- Constitution Act 1986 s6
- State Sector Act 1988
- State Owned Enterprises Act 1986
- Public Finance Act 1989
Readings
editJoseph Ch 19
Palmer Ch 6 and 7
Judicial Review
editCases
edit- Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Servants (1985)
- AG v Ahmed Zaoui (2005)
- University of Auckland v Tertiary Education Commission (2004)
- Lab Tests Auckland v Auckland DHB (2009)
Statutes
edit- High Court Rules, Part 30
- Judicature Amendment Act 1972, ss 2 - 16
- New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 22, 23, 27
Readings
edit- Joseph ch 21-24
- "The Judge on your shoulder" Crown Law Office, 2005
Domestic Incorporation of Int’l Law
editReadings
edit- Joseph 21.11.3
- NZ Law Commission Report 34 (1996)
- Cabinet Office Manual 2008
- 5.73 & 5.74
- 7.60 & 7.61
- 7.112 - 7.122
Cases
edit- Ashby v Minister of Immigration (1981)
- Tavita v Minister of Immigration (1994)
- Puli’uvea v Removal Review Authority (1996)
- NZ Airline Pilots’ Association v AG (1997)
- Sellers v Maritime Safety Inspector (1999)
New Zealand Bill of Rights
editStatutes
editNew Zealand Bill of Rights Act, esp s 6, 21, 27, 29
Readings
editJoseph, Ch 27
Cases
edit- R v Jeffries (1994)
- Simpson v AG [1994] 3 NZLR 667 [aka Baigent’s Case]
- Moonen v Film & Literature Board of Review (2000)
- R v Pora (2001)
- R v Shaheed (2002)
- Hansen v R (2007)
Officers of Parliament
editStatutes
editOmbudsmen Act 1975, s5, 20 and 28
Readings
editJoseph Ch 11
Official Information, Human Rights and Protected Disclosures
editStatutes
edit- Official Information Act 1982
- Privacy Act 1993
- Human Rights Act 1993 (as amended 2001)
- Protected Disclosures Act 2000 (as amended 2009)
Readings
edit- Joseph Ch 9
- Palmer Ch 14
Statutory Interpretation
editStatutes
editReadings
editBurrows "Statute law in New Zealand" (Butterworths, Wellington 2003)
References
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