Author: William Keith Jackson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487590490
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The New Zealand upper house, the Legislative Council (which bore a marked resemblance to its Canadian counterpart the Federal Senate) was abolished in 1950 in an action which represents one of the most clear-cut examples of pragmatic politics in New Zealand history. It was abolished by the essentially conservative National party (fundamentally committed to the bicameral principle), while the Labour party (formally committed to abolition) at first obstructed and then merely stood on the sidelines. New Zealand thus became the only democratic country in the world without either an upper house or a formal written constitution of any consequence. The author attempts both to explain this unusual development and to assess its consequences. The generally accepted view that the Legislative Council failed in 1892 is challenged, and the causes of the decline and failure are traced back to circumstances surrounding its original establishment in 1854. Subsequently, developments since 1950 are examined in the light of abolition. The author concludes that abolition represented the right policy undertaken for the wrong reasons and that ultimately it has made a greater contribution to constitutional change in the twenty years since 1950 than the chamber itself made in the last fifty years of its existence. The New Zealand Legislative Council, an analytical historical study of an institution, throws valuable light on the strengths and weaknesses of the bicameral principle and the consequences of abolishing a second chamber of Parliament. The book should prove useful to Political Science and History courses dealing with Commonwealth Parliamentary government, comparative institutions and constitutional law. It should also appeal to all those interested in the question of bicameral representation.
The New Zealand Legislative Council
Author: William Keith Jackson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487590490
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The New Zealand upper house, the Legislative Council (which bore a marked resemblance to its Canadian counterpart the Federal Senate) was abolished in 1950 in an action which represents one of the most clear-cut examples of pragmatic politics in New Zealand history. It was abolished by the essentially conservative National party (fundamentally committed to the bicameral principle), while the Labour party (formally committed to abolition) at first obstructed and then merely stood on the sidelines. New Zealand thus became the only democratic country in the world without either an upper house or a formal written constitution of any consequence. The author attempts both to explain this unusual development and to assess its consequences. The generally accepted view that the Legislative Council failed in 1892 is challenged, and the causes of the decline and failure are traced back to circumstances surrounding its original establishment in 1854. Subsequently, developments since 1950 are examined in the light of abolition. The author concludes that abolition represented the right policy undertaken for the wrong reasons and that ultimately it has made a greater contribution to constitutional change in the twenty years since 1950 than the chamber itself made in the last fifty years of its existence. The New Zealand Legislative Council, an analytical historical study of an institution, throws valuable light on the strengths and weaknesses of the bicameral principle and the consequences of abolishing a second chamber of Parliament. The book should prove useful to Political Science and History courses dealing with Commonwealth Parliamentary government, comparative institutions and constitutional law. It should also appeal to all those interested in the question of bicameral representation.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487590490
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The New Zealand upper house, the Legislative Council (which bore a marked resemblance to its Canadian counterpart the Federal Senate) was abolished in 1950 in an action which represents one of the most clear-cut examples of pragmatic politics in New Zealand history. It was abolished by the essentially conservative National party (fundamentally committed to the bicameral principle), while the Labour party (formally committed to abolition) at first obstructed and then merely stood on the sidelines. New Zealand thus became the only democratic country in the world without either an upper house or a formal written constitution of any consequence. The author attempts both to explain this unusual development and to assess its consequences. The generally accepted view that the Legislative Council failed in 1892 is challenged, and the causes of the decline and failure are traced back to circumstances surrounding its original establishment in 1854. Subsequently, developments since 1950 are examined in the light of abolition. The author concludes that abolition represented the right policy undertaken for the wrong reasons and that ultimately it has made a greater contribution to constitutional change in the twenty years since 1950 than the chamber itself made in the last fifty years of its existence. The New Zealand Legislative Council, an analytical historical study of an institution, throws valuable light on the strengths and weaknesses of the bicameral principle and the consequences of abolishing a second chamber of Parliament. The book should prove useful to Political Science and History courses dealing with Commonwealth Parliamentary government, comparative institutions and constitutional law. It should also appeal to all those interested in the question of bicameral representation.
Journals and Appendix to the Journals of the Legislative Council
Author: New Zealand. Parliament. Legislative Council
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Parliamentary Debates
Author: New Zealand. Parliament
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Index to the Appendices to the Journals of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of New Zealand
Author: New Zealand. Parliament. Legislative Council
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The New Zealand Legislative Council
Author: William Keith Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781487599881
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The New Zealand upper house, the Legislative Council was abolished in 1950 in an action which represents one of the most clear-cut examples of pragmatic politics in New Zealand history. The author attempts both to explain this unusual development and to assess its consequences.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781487599881
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The New Zealand upper house, the Legislative Council was abolished in 1950 in an action which represents one of the most clear-cut examples of pragmatic politics in New Zealand history. The author attempts both to explain this unusual development and to assess its consequences.
Journals of the Legislative Council of the Dominion of New Zealand
Author: New Zealand. Parliament. Legislative Council
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand
Author: David G. McGee
Publisher: Dunmore Publishing
ISBN: 9781877399060
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
Publisher: Dunmore Publishing
ISBN: 9781877399060
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
Journals of the Legislative Council of New Zealand
Author: New Zealand. Parliament. Legislative Council
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
The Ordinances of the Legislative Council of New Zealand and of the Legislative Council of the Province of New Munster
Author: New Zealand
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Parliamentary Debates
Author: New Zealand. Parliament
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description