New Zealand Law and Practice Examination/Legal System

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Contents 1 Rule of Law 2 Separation of Powers 3 Parliamentary Sovereignty 4 Treaty of Waitangi 5 Institutions of State 6 Parliament 7 Courts 8 Governor General 9 The Executive 10 Judicial Review 11 Domestic Incorporation of Int’l Law 12 Bill of Rights 13 Other 13.1 Ombudsmen 13.2 Official Information 13.3 Privacy 13.4 Human Rights 13.5 Protected Disclosures 14 Statutory Interpretation 15 See also

[edit] Rule of Law

• Transport Ministry v Payn

[edit] Separation of Powers

[edit] Parliamentary Sovereignty

• Fitzgerald v Muldoon

[edit] Treaty of Waitangi

• Te Weehi v Regional Fisheries Officer
• Huakina Development Trust v Waikato Valley Authority
• NZ Maori Council v AG (1987)
• NZ Maori Council v AG (1989)
• Tainui Maori Trust Board v AG
• Te Runanga o Muriwhenua v AG
• AG v NZ Maori Council (1992)
• AG v NZ Maori Council (1994)
• McRitchie v Taranaki Fish and Game Council
• Ngati Apa v AG
• Barton-Prescott v Director General of Social Welfare

[edit] Institutions of State

[edit] Parliament

• Shaw v CIR
• Prebble v TVNZ
• Royal Commission Report on the Electoral System (1986)

[edit] Courts

• Simpson v AG (1955)
• Ashby v Minister of Immigration
• Tavita v Minister of Immigration
• Simpson v AG [Baigent’s Case]
• Tangiora v Wgtn District Legal Services Committee [2000] 1 NZLR 17 (PC)

• Delivering Justice for All: A Vision for NZ Courts and Tribunals NZ Law Commission Report 85

[edit] Governor General

[edit] The Executive

• Public Servants and Select Committees–Guidelines State Services Commission

[edit] Judicial Review

• Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Servants
• AG v Ahmed Zaoui
• U of Akl v Tertiary Education Commission

[edit] Domestic Incorporation of Int’l Law

• Ashby v Minister of Immigration
• Tavita v Minister of Immigration
• Puli’uvea v Removal Review Authority
• NZ Airline Pilots’ Association v AG

• Guide to International Law and its Sources NZ Law Commission Report 34
• Cabinet Office Manual

[edit] Bill of Rights

• Ministry of Transport v Noort
• R v Jeffries
• Simpson v AG [Baigent’s Case]
• Moonen v Film & Literature Board of Review
• R v Pora
• R v Shaheed

[edit] Other

[edit] Ombudsmen

• ombudsmen.govt.nz

[edit] Official Information

[edit] Privacy

• Privacy Commissioner Website

[edit] Human Rights

• Human Rights Commission website

[edit] Protected Disclosures

[edit] Statutory Interpretation

[edit] See also

• Contract
• Criminal
• Equity
• Property Law
• Torts