Law, New Zealand, Essays, Ivor Richardson 

Victoria University of Wellington law review 

"Contains papers presented at a conference entitled "Roles and perspectives in the law" held in April 2002 at Victoria University of Wellington Law School honouring Sir Ivor Richardson upon his retirement as President of the Court of Appeal. Covers eight distinct and contrasting areas of law, the juxtaposition of which illustrates the underlying principles, tensions, and values that run through the law. Includes sections on taxes and commercial regulation." - Voila 

Content:
INTRODUCTION: A perspective on balance and the role of law / Matthew Palmer ; Opening address / Dame Silvia Cartwright ; PUBLIC LAW : Human Rights: "Remember the ladies": a feminist perspective on Bills of Rights / Caroline Morris ; Emerging constitutional strategies / Claire Charters ; The magnetism of the Human Rights Act 1998 / Lord Lester QC ; Protecting rights in common law constitutional systems; a framework for a comparative study / Cheryl Saunders ; Limiting rights / Andrew Butler ; Indigenous rights -- Treaty of Waitangi: Resort to mediation in Maori to Maori dispute resolution: is it the elixir to cure all ills? / Mereana Hond ; Universal provision, indigeneity and the Treaty of Waitangi / Mason Durie ; "Maori representation issues and the courts" / Judge Carrie Wainwright ; Making constitutions: Making comments on making constitutions / Cathy Iorns Magallanes ; The hazards of making constitutions: some reflections on comparative constitutional law / Sir Geoffrey Palmer ; Making constitutions, from the perspective of a constitutional adviser / Alison Quentin-Baxter ; Lawyers and the making of constitutions: Making constitutions in the South Pacific: architects and excavators / Alex Frame ; Reflections on constitutional and other issues concerning our electoral system: the past and the future / Sir John Wallace ; COMMERCIAL MATTERS: Collecting taxes / John Prebble ; Collecting taxes / Geoff Harley ; Collecting taxes / Rob McLeod ; Facilitating and regulating commerce: Commentary / Susy Frankel ; Facilitating and regulating commerce / Douglas White QC ; Facilitating and regulating commerce -- the court process / Alan Galbraith QC ; The Internet and the law / Bob Dugan and Benedict Dugan ; Facilitating and regulating employment: Employment law: the Richardson years / Gordon Anderson ; Employment contracts, implied terms and judicial law-making / Jack Hodder ; Facilitating and regulating employment / Kit Toogood QC ; JUDICIAL ISSUES : Interpretation of legislation: Trends in statutory interpretation and the judicial process / Kate Tokeley ; The changing approach to the interpretation of statutes / John Burrows ; Institutional unity vs freedom of expression: a dissent analysis of the Richardson courts / Victoria Heine ; Reading legislation and Ivor Richardson / Justice John McGrath ; Appellate judicial issues: Limiting rights / Petra Butler ; Whose day in court is it anyway? / Justice Gault ; "Reflections on appellate leadership" / Dame Sian Elias ; Conclusion: Concerning choice / Justice Kenneth Keith ; Dinner speech / George Barton QC ; Published bibliography / Sir Ivor Richardson. 

Donated by Graham Price.
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