Legal Studies
The New Zealand Legal System: Structures and Processes, 5th edition
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Title: The New Zealand Legal System, 5th edition
Author(s): Duncan Webb, Katherine Sanders and Paul Scott
ISBN: 9781877511578
Price: $101.20 incl. GST
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Brief Synopsis: The New Zealand Legal System: Structures and Processes, 5th edition, covers all you need to know for a successful study of first-year law: context, case and statute. It provides a comprehensive introduction to New Zealand law, an overview of the legal system, the institutions that comprise it, and the way the law is created and implemented within it. This book also details the structures and processes that shape New Zealand law.
- The most widely used first-year law textbook in New Zealand law schools.
- Completely up to date with the latest changes in the law, such as the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 coming into force, the changes in electoral law over recent years, and further development in Treaty issues in respect of the foreshore and seabed.
- Provides a method to enable students to understand, interpret, and apply legal rules, as well as research tools to search for and identify substantive legal concepts themselves.
- Illustrated concepts are relevant, easy to access and easy to read.
- Written by Duncan Webb (Professor of Law, University of Canterbury), Katherine Sanders (Lecturer in Law, University of Auckland) and Paul Scott (Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington).
Publishing Date: July 2010
Format: Softcover
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Statute Law in New Zealand, 4th edition
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Title: Statute Law in New Zealand, 4th edition
Author(s): John Burrows, Ross Carter
ISBN: 9780408719230
Price: $109.25 incl. GST
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Brief Synopsis: Statute Law in New Zealand, 4th edition, provides a clear and comprehensive guide to statutory interpretation, preparation and drafting. It includes discussion of the Treaty of Waitangi and the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and covers the developments in New Zealand statute law over the last six years. There is discussion of the procedures for the enactment of legislation in our modern MMP Parliament, and the progress of new styles of drafting. There is also analysis of recent case law, with a focus on issues of interpretation.
Publishing Date: February 2009
Format: Softcover
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