Author: William GisbornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
New Zealand Rulers and Statesmen, 1840 to 1885
Author: William GisborneNew Zealand Rulers and Statesmen from 1840 to 1897
Author: William GisbornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
History of State Education in New Zealand, 1840-1975
Author: Ian CummingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Leslie StephenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Colonial Institute
Author: Royal Commonwealth Society. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Commonwealth countries
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
The Dictionary of National Biography
Author: The Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Leslie StephenPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1432
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The New Zealand Legislative Council
Author: William Keith JacksonPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487590490
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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.
Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Colonial Institute
Author: Royal Empire Society. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1102
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The New Zealand Official Year-book
Author: New Zealand. Department of StatisticsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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