Joseph on Constitutional and Administrative Law (5th ed) - Book

Philip Joseph’s Constitutional and Administrative Law in New Zealand is one of the most recognised legal treatise titles in New Zealand.  Now entering its fifth edition, this perennial text has been modernised with the new title Joseph on Constitutional and Administrative Law. The new edition builds on the strengths of earlier editions, coupling historical and contemporary analyses of public law principles, while also including a new exploratory chapter on Tikanga Maori and the law.

This new edition continues the high scholarly standards that distinguished the earlier editions.  It represents a thorough and comprehensive revision of constitutional and administrative law developments since the previous edition published in 2014.  It interrogates contemporary developments, while retaining the scholarly account of the doctrinal foundations of public law that is a defining feature of the text.  A key development with the fifth edition is the new chapter that records increasing integration of tikanga Maori in legislative and judicial developments.  The author interprets these developments as comprising a new form of legal pluralism that signals a distinctively indigenous, New Zealand jurisprudence.  

The author, Philip A Joseph, is an acknowledged authority on New Zealand constitutional and administrative law. 

Dedication

Author

Preface

Contents

1. Study of the Constitution
2. Sources of the Constitution
3. Establishment of British Rule
4. Treaty of Waitangi
5. Tikanga Māori and the Law
6. Development of the Constitution
7. “Unwritten” Constitution
8. Rule of Law
9. Separation of Powers
10. Conventions of the Constitution
11. Civil, Political and Human Rights
12. Parliament
13. Officers of Parliament
14. Parliamentary Privilege
15. Foundations of the Constitution
16. Parliamentary Sovereignty
17. Constitutional Entrenchment
18. The Crown
19. Royal Prerogative
20. The Executive
21. The Courts
22. Judicial Review
23. Illegality
24. Unreasonableness
25. Procedural Impropriety
26. Delegated Legislation
27. Public Law Remedies
28. Bill of Rights

Appendix – Related Legislation

Table of Statutes and Regulations

Table of Cases

Subject Index