Burrows and Carter on Statute Law in New Zealand, 5th Edition - LN Red Book

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Burrows and Carter - Statute Law in New Zealand, 5th edition, is a clear and comprehensive guide to statutory interpretation, preparation and drafting in New Zealand.

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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 five years. Discussion of the procedures for enactment of legislation in our modern MMP Parliament, and the progress of new styles of drafting is included plus analysis of recent case law, with a focus on issues of interpretation.

Features of Burrows and Carter on Statute Law in New Zealand 5th edition include discussion of the Legislation Act 2012; case law changes since 2009; and the proposal to re-enact with updating the Interpretation Act 1999.

 

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Ross Carter

Ross Carter

Ross Carter joined the New Zealand Parliamentary Counsel Office in 1998 and has considerable experience drafting Government Bills and statutory regulations. He was previously a legal researcher at the New Zealand Law Commission. He has also been an adjunct lecturer in legislation at Victoria University, and a private secretary to the Attorney-General. Ross is a member of, and the Secretary of, the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel, and has written articles and presented conference papers on legislative drafting and statutory interpretation. Ross is a co-author of the fourth edition of J F Burrows QC and R I Carter [Statute Law in New Zealand] (LexisNexis, 2009) and a co-author, with Jason McHerron and Dr Ryan Malone, of [Subordinate Legislation in New Zealand] (LexisNexis, 2013).

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Table of contents

PART I: THE NATURE OF LEGISLATION

 Chapter 1: Legislation in Force in New Zealand

 Chapter 2: The Supremacy of Parliament

 PART II: THE PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF LEGISLATION

 Chapter 3: The Preparation of Legislation

 Chapter 4: Drafting

 Chapter 5: Access to Legislation

 PART III: INTERPRETATION  GENERAL

 Chapter 6: The Need for Interpretation

 Chapter 7: Approaches to Interpretation

 Chapter 8: Purpose

 Chapter 9: Context

 Chapter 10: The Statutory Text

 Chapter 11: Fundamental Principles

 Chapter 12: Time in Statutory Interpretation

 PART IV: INTERPRETATION  SPECIFIC

 Chapter 13: Some Particular Provisions

 Chapter 14: Inconsistency

 Chapter 15: Some Types of Statute

 Chapter 16: Common Law and Statute

 PART V: THE DURATION OF LEGISLATION

 Chapter 17: Coming into Force

 Chapter 18: Retrospective Legislation

 Chapter 19: Repeal  

 Chapter 20: Amendment
 

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