Dean Knight: Report from New Zealand: MMP Review, Constitutional Review, and Legislative Disclosure
Some constitutional tid-bits from New Zealand from the last wee while. Obvious developments to report on include two significant reviews of New Zealand’s constitutional and electoral arrangements: the Electoral Commission’s … Continue reading
Dawn Oliver: Parliamentary Sovereignty in Comparative Perspective
I Parliamentary sovereignty in other countries In this post I defend the absence of judicial strike down powers in the UK by exploring the ways in which other countries besides … Continue reading
Dawn Oliver: Parliamentary Sovereignty: A Pragmatic or Principled Doctrine?
Imagine that Parliament has recently passed a provision authorising the indefinite detention without trial of suspected terrorists. The measure was passed during a public panic about terrorism. Public opinion and … Continue reading
Dean Knight: Tid-bits from New Zealand: an election, a referendum, and a multi-party government policy programme
The new parliamentary year kicked off in New Zealand this week, following an election held late last year in the shadow of the Rugby World Cup. A National-led, multi-party government … Continue reading
Richard Ekins: Regulatory responsibility in New Zealand
The Parliament of New Zealand has been invited to consider an important proposal for constitutional change – the Regulatory Standards Bill 2011 (“RSB”) – which aims to improve the quality … Continue reading
