Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 7, 2016 18:42:48 GMT 12
NEW ZEALAND DOESN'T NEED A WRITTEN CONSTITUTION
By Dr Noel Cox, a barrister in Auckland, was previously professor of law at Auckland University of Technology and more recently at Aberystwyth University in the UK.
Why take on difficult issues of written rule — like the Treaty — when a flexible approach works.
Former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer is promoting a written constitution for New Zealand, arguing it is necessary because the current constitution is not readily accessible to the non-specialist.
Two principal difficulties immediately come to mind. The first is the question of a written entrenched constitution (one changeable only by a special process), and the second is the (not unrelated) issue of the Treaty of Waitangi........
.......Unless they are prepared to wrestle with large issues, most contentious of which is the Treaty of Waitangi, or entrenchment, proponents of constitutional reform should tread warily.
Read Noel Cox’s full article here > www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11723668
By Dr Noel Cox, a barrister in Auckland, was previously professor of law at Auckland University of Technology and more recently at Aberystwyth University in the UK.
Why take on difficult issues of written rule — like the Treaty — when a flexible approach works.
Former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer is promoting a written constitution for New Zealand, arguing it is necessary because the current constitution is not readily accessible to the non-specialist.
Two principal difficulties immediately come to mind. The first is the question of a written entrenched constitution (one changeable only by a special process), and the second is the (not unrelated) issue of the Treaty of Waitangi........
.......Unless they are prepared to wrestle with large issues, most contentious of which is the Treaty of Waitangi, or entrenchment, proponents of constitutional reform should tread warily.
Read Noel Cox’s full article here > www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11723668