The powerless(ness) of New Zealand's House of Representatives to summons the Crown's legal advice

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The powerless(ness) of New Zealand's House of Representatives to summons the Crown's legal advice

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The extent of the New Zealand’s House of Representatives’ (“the House’s”) general power to summons persons and documents recently came into question. A parliamentary committee, established to scrutinise the government’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic, required that various officials provide it with the Crown’s legal advice regarding the very extensive restrictions placed upon New Zealand society. When the Attorney-General objected on the basis that the documents sought were protected by le...

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Scholarly text / Journal article

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Article

Date created

2020-10

Creator

Edgeler, Graeme / Geddis, Andrew

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/12210

Related subjects

House of Representatives / Crown's legal advice / Covid-19 pandemic / House of Commons / Parliamentary privilege / Lockdown / Emergency response

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This version in OUR Archive is the author's manuscript accepted for publication after peer-review. The published version is: Edgeler, G., Geddis, A. (2020). The powerless(ness) of New Zealand's House of Representatives to summons the Crown's legal advice. Public Law Review, 31(3), 229-233.

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