New Zealand Law/System
Background
[edit | edit source]based 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
[edit | edit source]Rule of Law
[edit | edit source]- Transport Ministry v Payn (1977)
- Joseph Ch 6
Seperation of Powers
[edit | edit source]Joseph Ch 7
Parliamentary Sovereignty
[edit | edit source]Cases
[edit | edit source]- Fitzgerald v Muldoon (1976)
- Shaw v CIR (1999)
Statutes
[edit | edit source]Readings
[edit | edit source]Joseph Ch 14
Treaty of Waitangi
[edit | edit source]Statutes
[edit | edit source]- Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
- Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act (1985)
Cases
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]Joseph Ch 3
Institutions of State
[edit | edit source]Parliament
[edit | edit source]Statutes
[edit | edit source]Readings
[edit | edit source]Joseph Ch 10 and 12
Cases
[edit | edit source]- Prebble v TVNZ (1994)
Courts
[edit | edit source]Statutes
[edit | edit source]- 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 | edit source]- 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 | edit source]- Joseph Ch 20
Governor General
[edit | edit source]Readings
[edit | edit source]Joseph Ch 18 and 19.3 - 19.5
Statutes
[edit | edit source]- Constitution Act 1986 ss 2,3,4,5,16,17,18
- Letters patent constituting the office of the Governor General 1983/225
Cases
[edit | edit source]CIR v Medical Council of NZ (1997)
The Executive
[edit | edit source]Statutes
[edit | edit source]- Constitution Act 1986 s6
- State Sector Act 1988
- State Owned Enterprises Act 1986
- Public Finance Act 1989
Readings
[edit | edit source]Joseph Ch 19
Palmer Ch 6 and 7
Judicial Review
[edit | edit source]Cases
[edit | edit source]- 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 | edit source]- 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 | edit source]- Joseph ch 21-24
- "The Judge on your shoulder" Crown Law Office, 2005
Domestic Incorporation of Int’l Law
[edit | edit source]Readings
[edit | edit source]- 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 | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]Statutes
[edit | edit source]New Zealand Bill of Rights Act, esp s 6, 21, 27, 29
Readings
[edit | edit source]Joseph, Ch 27
Cases
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]Statutes
[edit | edit source]Ombudsmen Act 1975, s5, 20 and 28
Readings
[edit | edit source]Joseph Ch 11
Official Information, Human Rights and Protected Disclosures
[edit | edit source]Statutes
[edit | edit source]- Official Information Act 1982
- Privacy Act 1993
- Human Rights Act 1993 (as amended 2001)
- Protected Disclosures Act 2000 (as amended 2009)
Readings
[edit | edit source]- Joseph Ch 9
- Palmer Ch 14
Statutory Interpretation
[edit | edit source]Statutes
[edit | edit source]Readings
[edit | edit source]Burrows "Statute law in New Zealand" (Butterworths, Wellington 2003)
References
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