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in economic history, economics of crime, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, property rights Tags: constitutional law, economics of slavery
The campaigning activities of abolitionist MPs such as William Wilberforce and Thomas Fowell Buxton are well-known, but one former MP, who had become a member of the House of Lords, was involved in this question in a rather different way. Joe Baker – Public Engagement Assistant for the History of Parliament – looks at the […]
Somerset v Stewart, 1772: an End to Slavery in Britain?
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in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice Tags: constitutional law, free speech, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
This email from Stephen Franks explains why!!!!! Note: I have included all of the email, including the request for any financial support readers may be inclined to give to aid the FSU in this obviously expensive court case. Hi. Some fights take a little longer than others. While the FSU team has been confronting the NZ Police, professional bodies, Immigration […]
Free Speech Union Is Taking Hutt City Council And It’s CEO To The High Court
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in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: constitutional law
The steady stream of revisionist gibberish coming out of Māori Party rhetoric these days is eye-watering. They never miss an opportunity to bamboozle ordinary folks with silly word salads, half of which are spoken in a tongue only 4% of New Zealanders can even understand. Take this for example: In a recent interview with Jack…
OLIVIA PIERSON: New Zealand – Unity or Apartheid?
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in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics Tags: British politics, constitutional law
The question of separating constitutional powers in Jersey is more complex than it appears. Here’s why. Jersey and Guernsey are unique globally in having constitutions that in the ancient office of Bailiff fuse together the roles of chief justice and presiding officer of their respective courts and parliaments. As I argue, this is further complicated […]
Andrew Le Sueur: Finally, separation of powers in Jersey?
03 Dec 2024 1 Comment
in economic history, law and economics, liberalism, politics - New Zealand Tags: constitutional law, racial discrimination
After the mass Maori Party madness over David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill comes more extreme Maori make-believe. Some are now calling the 83% of New Zealanders who aren’t Maori, “guests” or “visitors” to the country where they are citizens. Many of long standing. According to some radicals, the 83% are “manuhiri”, a word traditionally used…
MICHAEL BASSETT: MAORI PARTY MADNESS
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in law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: Age of Enlightenment, constitutional law, free speech, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
The Centrist reports – In a Q&A interview with Jack Tame, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer acknowledged Māori have separate rights under Te Tiriti o Waitangi as tangata whenua. When pressed on whether this meant different standards of citizenship, she said, “We have different expectations and different rights, absolutely.”
Centrist: Debbie Ngarewa-Packer admits Māori have ‘different rights’
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in economics of bureaucracy, income redistribution, International law, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: constitutional law
Muriel Newman writes- ACT’s Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill was tabled in Parliament on November 7, and the first reading debate was held on November 14. The Bill was referred to the Justice Select Committee, where a closing date for submissions of 7 January 2024 has been set – full details can be found HERE. This […]
The Treaty Principles debate: Parliament is having a third go at addressing this conundrum
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in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: constitutional law
Roger Partridge writes – Should judges stick to applying the law, or should they reshape it to reflect society’s values? This fundamental tension over judicial power was laid bare at a New Zealand Law Society webinar this month about what it takes to become a High Court judge. Comments from the country’s two senior legal […]
Attorney-General and Chief Justice reveal contrasting visions of judicial power
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in politics - USA Tags: constitutional law
An American Connection Over the last thirteen years, I have been pleasantly surprised to find that Parliamentum attracts a surprising number of readers from the United States, about one-quarter to one-third of the total depending on the year. I occasionally write on American topics, but mainly on British North American history and how Canada or […]
The Presidential Bicameral Adjournment Clause Is Almost An American Equivalent to Prorogation
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in politics - New Zealand Tags: constitutional law
Liam Hehir points out: Forty-two senior lawyers, known as King’s Counsel, have written to the government with a scathing critique of the Treaty Principles Bill. Their letter raises a number of concerns with which I am in full agreement. However, they also make a statement about Parliament’s law-making authority that contains a fundamental and egregious […]
Do the KCs believe in democracy
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in discrimination, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice Tags: constitutional law, free speech, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Bob Edlin writes – Associate Justice Minister David Seymour “refused” Morning Report’s invitation to be interviewed on RNZ’s Morning Report, the day after the Treaty Principles Bill he is promoting had passed its first reading in Parliament after “a fiery debate and vote”. No matter. There were plenty of other people all too eager to […]
Hikoi organiser rebuffs Seymour while a bloke named Jones (no, not Shane) says he understands the Māori Party’s frustration
16 Nov 2024 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: constitutional law
A picture paints a thousand words and the photograph above is a snapshot of the most disgraceful reading of a Bill I can recall in New Zealand’s history. The Treaty Principles Bill is not the first controversial and polarising Bill to have been introduced to New Zealand’s Parliament. We have debated abortion, same-sex marriage, and…
DON BRASH: A picture paints a thousand words
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in law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: constitutional law
Source: TheFacts Bob Edlin writes- An editorial in The Press – reproduced in The Post – acknowledged that it should be possible to have a respectful, informed national conversation about the interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi and its application in present-day New Zealand. This would include such fundamental questions as whether an ongoing partnership […]
Hikoi organiser will walk in the name of the Treaty – but not talk about it (at least, not to people who lack “expertise”)
09 Nov 2024 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election, constitutional law
Below is my column in Fox.com on the impact of the reelection of Donald Trump and the flipping of the Senate for the Supreme Court. The election may have proven one of the most critical for the Court in its history. Here is the column:
A Shift in Time Saves Nine: How The Trump Election Impacts the Supreme Court
05 Nov 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: constitutional law, free speech, gun control
So there is a reason why I should read the local MSM, especially when it’s really local, as in the Waikato Times. However, I saw the story first in the US-based libertarian publication Reason and of course their headline was much different than the story which they linked to, New Zealand Government Punishes Gun Owners […]
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