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title: butterworths new zealand law dictionary, sixth edition author/s: peter spiller isbn: 9780408717939 price: $86.92 excl. Gst and freight amp handling 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 20 to september 2005, particularly generated through legislation change. 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. 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 zealands 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: format: soft cover for legal research purposes the laws of new zealand provides an excellent introduction to a new area of law. It's an encyclopaedia of new zealand law providing in depth commentary on aspects of new zealand law such as resource management, intellectual property, family law, criminal law, etc.

Each subject area is written by experts who give the publication its authority through their specialist and practical knowledge of new zealand law including judges, academics, law practitioners. There is extensive cross referencing to other resources such as legislation and case law. the laws of nz is a publication about the law, while statutes/acts and regulations are the law. laws of new zealand in print by margaret greville margaret greville is a retired but still inquisitive law librarian with more than 30 years experience in both new zealand and briefly australia. Most of that time has been spent in law school libraries, in auckland and more recently in christchurch, where she was for over 20 years the law librarian. She has worked in both large and small law firms, and also in a court law library in australia. Pioneering and promoting legal research tuition for law students has been a major commitment throughout her career.

She was instrumental in promoting the creation of a law librarianship module in a new zealand library school, and has participated in teaching it. She has been the principal author of three editions of legal research and writing in new zealand. Margaret still spends much her time prowling around sources of legal information and research. She enjoys having the leisure to approach this activity with a critical eye, and the time to observe the dizzyingly rapid changes after decades of a virtually unchanging landscape in the world of legal information, mainly in relation to the move to proprietorial online platforms. published november/december 2014 see the archive version it is trite doctrine to say that new zealand does not have a constitution. Certainly, we have no overriding document incorporating all the constitutional rights and responsibilities of the citizen.