'Declarations of Inconsistency' Under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990

Geddis, A. (2017, June). "Declarations of inconsistency" under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. UK Constitutional Law blog.

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Andrew Geddis

Faculty of Law, University of Otago

Date Written: 2017

Abstract

This article considers the constitutional question of whether prisoners should be permitted to vote. The author discusses the case of Attorney General v Taylor and the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, to conclude that the final say on this issue remains with the New Zealand Government.

Keywords: Constitutional law, election law, public law, Attorney General v Taylor, New Zealand

JEL Classification: K00, K30

Suggested Citation

Geddis, Andrew, 'Declarations of Inconsistency' Under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (2017). Geddis, A. (2017, June). "Declarations of inconsistency" under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. UK Constitutional Law blog., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3288901

Andrew Geddis (Contact Author)

Faculty of Law, University of Otago ( email )

PO Box 56
Dunedin North
Dunedin, 9016
New Zealand

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