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The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand's Law and Constitution. Victoria University of Wellington Press. ISBN 978-0-86473-579-9. Palmer, Matthew; Knight, Dean (2022). The Constitution of New Zealand - A Contextual Analysis. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781849469036. Quentin-Baxter, Alison; McLean, Janet (2017).
List of statutes of New Zealand (1972–1975) 3 years 10: Third National: List of statutes of New Zealand (1975–1984) 8 years 11: Fourth Labour: List of statutes of New Zealand (1984–1990) 6 years 12: Fourth National: List of statutes of New Zealand (1990–1999) 9 years 13: Fifth Labour: List of statutes of New Zealand (1999–2008) 9 ...
The first enactment of the New Zealand parliament (General Assembly), created by the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, was the English Laws Act 1854, which established the applicability of all English laws in effect 14 January 1840, to New Zealand. The New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 was never implemented and was suspended. This is a list of ...
The Constitution Act 1986 [1] is an Act of the New Zealand Parliament that forms a major part of the constitution of New Zealand.It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles of governance, and establishes the powers of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of state.
The New Zealand Constitution Amendment (Request and Consent) Act 1947, requested that the Parliament of the United Kingdom amend the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, and consented to such changes (as required by the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947). This is the only example of the Parliament of New Zealand requesting the Parliament ...
New Zealand contract law was initially derived from the English model. Since 1969, however, a series of Acts of Parliament altered this, and New Zealand contract law is now 'largely... distinct from other jurisdictions'. [24] The main distinction of New Zealand contract law is the wide discretionary power given to courts in granting relief.
The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (sometimes known by its acronym, NZBORA or simply BORA) is a statute of the Parliament of New Zealand part of New Zealand's uncodified constitution [6] that sets out the rights and fundamental freedoms of anyone subject to New Zealand law as a bill of rights, [7] and imposes a legal requirement on the attorney-general to provide a report to parliament ...
Under section 7 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZBORA) if there is an apparent inconsistency between legislation being introduced and the NZBORA, the Attorney-General must bring this to the attention of the House as soon as possible. [19] There was a section 7 report filed in respect of this legislation by Christopher Finlayson. [20]