LAW 121G Study Guide - Ninety Mile Beach, New Zealand, Tino Rangatiratanga, Waitangi Tribunal
Document Summary
Parliament can enact any law it pleases, they create laws in the form of statutes- any contradicting common laws are ignored even if this means ignoring centuries of customs. The manga carta the glorious revolution and the bill of rights 1688 established parliamentary supremacy, developing parliament whilst limiting the crowns powers. However within nz there is a separation of powers, as set out in the bill of rights and further consolidated by the constitution act 1986 which sets out our basic legal institutions. Legislative- makes ( house of representatives and governor general) The executive and legislative are not entirely separated and are connected by cabinet. Useful cases that show the concept of parliamentary supremacy: Fitzgerald v muldoon 1975 muldoon exceeded authority only parliament can stop/ create laws. Blackstone the pretended power of suspending of or execution of laws by regal authority without the consent of parliament is illegal .
