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Index to New Zealand Statutes
The Index provides comprehensive overview of current New Zealand statute law, including, including the current status of all New Zealand legislation, as well as analysis of over 160 subject areas covered by the law. It is the only product of its kind in NZ.
Contents:
1. Contents
2. User guide
3. Directory
4. Index - analysis of NZ statute law by subject.
5. Regulations - list of all Regulations in force, by subject and Act made under.
6. Repealed Acts - list of all Acts repealed since 1984.
7. Public Acts - list of all Acts in force, alphabetically and chronologically.
8. Local Acts - all local Acts in force.
9. Private Acts - all private Acts in force.
Updated monthly. Available online and in hardcopy.
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Annotations to the New Zealand Statutes
Annotations to the New Zealand Statutes dates back to 1984. It is a reference tool and provides no original text. It comprises a list of amendments made to statutes, as well as summaries of important cases heard under each Act.
For subscribers, it is the first port of call for all newly incorporated amendments to Acts, produced to allow practitioners to read the law as it stands rather than having to refer to case law.
Updated monthly and available in hardcopy only
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Butterworths New Zealand Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition
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Title: Butterworths New Zealand Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition
Author/s: Peter Spiller
ISBN: 9780408717939
Price:$92.57 excl. GST and Freight & Handling
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Brief Synopsis: Butterworths New Zealand Law Dictionary is designed to provide a basic understanding of the terms that are used in New Zealand law. The Law Dictionary provides, where possible, statutory and other legal references to illustrate the way in which the defined terms are used. The vast majority of the terms in the Law Dictionary are English, but it also includes some Latin, French and Maori words and phrases used in New Zealand law. This sixth edition takes into account amendments in the law from October 2000 to September 2005, particularly generated through legislation change. These changes have produced new terms and concepts into New Zealand law.
There are now nearly 4850 entries, however, through a carefully applied inclusion and editorial selection the Law Dictionary has increased in length only slightly from the previous edition. New Zealand law has been modernised in virtually every area, as legal rules and concepts have been modified and new institutions such as the New Zealand Supreme Court have been created. Legal changes in four areas in particular have affected this edition. Socio-legal relationships have been influenced by laws relating to child care, civil unions, customary rights, the Families Commission, the foreshore and seabed, the Gambling Commission, mental impairment and disability, rest homes and retirement villages, professions, prostitution and terrorism. The criminal law has been modified by legislation relating to previous convictions, parole, property offences, sentencing and victims. Environmental law changes have affected matters such as aquaculture, climate change, endangered species, hazardous substances, maritime security and renewable energy. Technological advances in the law have been reflected in new legislation relating to assisted reproductive technology, biotechnical procedures, computer registers, and electronic transactions and instruments. In several areas, New Zealand’s domestic law has been influenced by international legal developments. This influence has been felt in diverse matters such as the care of children, climate change, the conduct of foreign public officials, hazardous substances and new organisms, maritime security, the prohibition of mercenary activities, and terrorism suppression.
About the Author: Peter Spiller BA LLB PhD (Natal) LLM MPhil (Camb) PhD (Cant), PGCTT (Waikato) Professor of Law, University of Waikato
Adjunct Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington
Principal Disputes Referee for New Zealand
Publishing Date: 16/11/2004
Format: Soft Cover
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Title: Legal Research and Writing in New Zealand, Third Edition
Author/s:Margaret Greville, Scott Davidson, Richard Scragg
ISBN: 9780408718240
Price: $109.34 excl. GST and Freight & Handling
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Brief Synopsis:This title supplies vital information into the Legal Research and Writing component which is a CLE required component as part of the LLB. Each author brings expertise and experience to the book: students and teachers will recognise instantly the practical “know-what” and “know-how” in each chapter.
Retaining its established framework, this edition features:
- Icons for easy access and visibility of sources of law
- A highly credible author team
- Revised and updated content
- Directly relevant New Zealand content
About the Authors:
Margaret Greville
- LLB (Cantab), NZLSC
- Law Library Manager
- University of Canterbury
Scott Davidson
Richard Scragg
- LLB (Hons), LLM (Hons) (Cantab)
- Senior Lecturer in Law
- University of Canterbury
- Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand
Publishing Date: 21/11/2006
Format: Soft Cover
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Title: The Statute: Making and Meaning
Author/s:Rick Bigwood
ISBN: 9780408717182
Price: $142.24 excl. GST and Freight & Handling
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Brief Synopsis:Statutes comprise the vast proportion of New Zealand law. Drafting, interpreting, and applying them, however, can pose significant challenges. Among the reasons for this are the indeterminacy of language and the difficulty of providing clear rules to resolve every conceivable situation. Believing that the making and interpreting of statutes deserves judicial, practical, and scholarly attention, LexisNexis is proud to present this volume of essays.
The Statute: Making and Meaning explores: -
- the process by which statutes are made in New Zealand;
- approaches to rule-making;
- the causes of interpretation problems;
- making exceptions to statutory provisions;
- Parliamentary sovereignty and its interaction with statutory interpretation; and
- the influence of human rights on the interpretation process.
The volume contains contributions by eminent overseas guests, as well as senior New Zealand Judges, academics, and practitioners. The Statute: Making and Meaning presents a range of views on its subject-matter that reflects a healthy and vigorous legal system. It complements a similar volume of essays, published in 2001 which focused on judicial method: R Bigwood (ed) Legal Method in New Zealand: Essays and Commentaries Butterworths, Wellington, 2001.
Publishing Date: 14/07/2003
Format: Soft Cover
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Title: The Laws of New Zealand
Author/s:. Service updates prepared by LONZ team. Each title written by one or more legal experts. Original authors all approved by founding Editor-in-Chief, Lord Cooke of Thorndon. As of October 2007, all new authors approved by new Editor-in-Chief, Justice John McGrath (Supreme Court Judge).
Format: Over 150 Titles, printed in booklets contained in binders, plus two service binders. Also available online and on CD, with service updates consolidated into titles.
Servicing: Updated quarterly. Several individual titles are also reissued each year.
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Synopsis:This is an encyclopaedic work that addresses the need to have a New Zealand equivalent to Halsbury’s Laws of England as the New Zealand legal system gradually moves away from its traditional British model. It provides a reliable statement of the whole of the law of New Zealand – statutory, regulatory, and judicial. It is a comprehensive source of primary comment required by both practitioners and academics.
Each title includes extensive cross-referencing to other titles as well as to Halsbury’s Laws of England and Halsbury’s Laws of Australia.
Authors include Judges, academics, and senior members of the profession. The authors give the publication its authority through their specialist and practical knowledge of New Zealand law. It is accordingly recognized as a work of extremely high quality.
Ideal for: Any organisation requiring comprehensive coverage on New Zealand law including law firms, the judiciary, local government, and university libraries.
Related products:Halsbury's Laws of England, Halsbury's Laws of Australia
Top New Zealand Statutes, Regulations and Compendium
Title: New Zealand Statutes
Format: online, CD
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Synopsis:New Zealand Statutes contains all New Zealand Acts in force. New Zealand Statutes is the principal Statute reference of New Zealand law.
New Zealand Statutes includes:
- All current Public Acts of New Zealand in compiled form with editorial and history annotation.
- Public Acts repealed since 01/01/93, retained in the service in their repealed state. Selected additional Acts repealed prior to 01/01/93 are also included.
- All Local Acts, Private Acts and Provincial Acts and Ordinances in force, compiled and formatted with editorial and historical annotations. Local and Private Acts repealed prior to 01/01/93 are also included.
New Zealand Annual Acts contains unamended copies of all Acts assented since 1992.
Subsets of New Zealand Statutes: -
- New Zealand Offences and Penalties is included with Statutes and is a quick reference of offences and penalties embodied in New Zealand Statutes and Regulations. Conveniently fielded, this service is updated with the passing of new legislation. This service is presented by Act and Section and is fielded to assist searches for offences of like penalties. Researchers may view the penalties service from any section of an Act that contains an offence.
- New Zealand Compendium provides links directly from sections in Statutes, or Regulations to relevant commentary or cases in other LexisNexis electronic publications.
Synopsis:New Zealand Regulations contains all statutory regulations in force in New Zealand. New Zealand Regulations is the most comprehensive and richly annotated New Zealand Regulations service available.
Title: New Zealand Regulations
Author/s: none
Format: online, CD
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New Zealand Regulations includes:
- All Regulations in force
Regulations revoked since 01/01/96, retained in the service in their revoked state.
- Deemed Regulations, including Maritime Rules, Marine Protection Rules, Land Transport Rules and others
New Zealand Annual Regulations contains unamended copies of all regulations made since 1992.
Top New Zealand Case Citator
Title: The New Zealand Case Citator
Format: Available online and hardcopy.
Servicing: Monthly online, annual hardcopy.
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Synopsis:The New Zealand Case Citator is the first comprehensive citator of reported cases from within New Zealand. Containing over 130,000 entries and 63,000 cases, it traces the history and treatment of cases from 1874 to the present. The New Zealand Case Citator is an indispensable research tool that includes a comprehensive listing of New Zealand citations for all reported cases, allowing practitioners to check the currency and relevance of case law before going to court. This allows the New Zealand Case Citator to be a one-stop shop for reported decisions and includes all published New Zealand Report Series.
The New Zealand Case Citator covers all New Zealand reported cases. Under the listing of each reported case (in bold) are all cases subsequently reported in New Zealand using the original case. For example:
Police v Emirali [1976] 1 NZLR 286
Ntd In Health (Department of) v Larsen [1997] DCR 500
Refd Cadenhead v Police (1993) 10 CRNZ 246
Ntd In Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry v Bennett [1977] 1 NZLR 64
It does not attempt to cover unreported decisions or New Zealand cases reported in report series published outside New Zealand.
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Title: New Zealand Forms and Precedents
Author/s:Most titles have a different author (usually recognised specialists in the topic area), these include Piers Davies, Geoff Carter, Greg Woollaston, Rachel Amies, Graeme Crombie, Anthony Drake, Clive Elliot, Fraser Goldsmith, John Greenwood, and Mark von Dadelszen.
Format: 6 volume looseleaf (+ Index and Tables binder), online. CD is F&P WP and contains precedents only.
Servicing: Minimum of six times per year.
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Synopsis:New Zealand Forms and Precedents is the first looseleaf modern precedents library (precedents being best practice forms and legal documents for specific civil legal transactions developed by expert authors) written specifically for New Zealand. It is encyclopaedic — in the sense that it provides information and reference of the majority of NZ civil law.
It is designed to provide a precedent for every ordinary legal transaction and some extraordinary ones; those that are not simply academic or Court documents. The authoritative and comprehensive coverage gives users a greater ability to access the forms and precedents appropriate to today’s client needs.
The authors of each title are specialists in their field and use a modern drafting approach, making the precedents very user-friendly. For guidance on drafting a small chapter on modern drafting is included. An extensive range of titles is published with room to add more as necessity dictates. Updating of each title’s precedent material is generally annual and Indexes and Tables are updated as necessary with every service.
Ideal for:Law practitioners, libraries, city councils and corporations.
Related products:Other specialist publications contain forms and precedents that may not be included in Forms and Precedents. By title include:
Title 20 Employment = Mazengarb's Employment Law;
Title 30 Matrimonial and Relationship Property Agreements = Fisher on Matrimonial and Property Law;
Title 47 Trusts = Law of Trusts;
Title 48 Wills, Title 21 Executors, Title 22 Family Arrangements = Wills and Succession.
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Title: Law, Liberty, Legislation: essays in honour of John Burrows QC
Editors: Professors Jeremy Finn and Stephen Todd
ISBN: 9780408719087
Price: $140 excl. GST and Freight & Handling
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Brief Synopsis: In February 2008, a conference in honour of Professor Burrows was held at the Law School of the University of Canterbury where New Zealand's leading judiciary and scholars delivered papers in the fields in which Professor Burrows has made notable contributions. Law, Liberty, Legislation: essays in honour of John Burrows QC is the fruit of that conference. The textbook represents a historic account of Professor Burrows' influence on the development of the relevant principles of law, while examining contemporary issues facing New Zealand today, including estoppel, the interpretation and writing of statutes, defamation, agency, and the importance of privacy.
Publishing Date: October 2008
Format: Softcopy
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