Department of Planning Essay

Prescribed TextThere is no prescribed school text for this score. Course materials provide be provided electronically via Cecil. Lecturers will provide getitional reading sways for their concomitant sections of the course.PreparationApproximately 1 hour preparation is expect for every one hour of class time. You will be required to complete readings allocated in class, in preparation for the next class. However, students are encouraged to add time for background reading. This is particularly important for international students and students for whom English is not their first language.Course AssessmentCourse assessment is comprised ofLaw Assignment (15%)Friday 23 August 2013 at 10AMClass Test (15%)Friday 30 August 2013 at 9AM (1 hour)Politics Essay (20%)Thursday 17 October at 10AMExamination (50%)3 hour examination schedule for the end of semester 2When submitting assignments and essays, please use the Planning cover sheets provided beside the assignment hand-in boxes on level 4. Please ensure that you read the academic policies and procedures information in the Planning Undergraduate Handbook at the outset of this course. You will be treated as having read this information.Brief Description of the CourseContentThis course introduces students to key aspects of New Zealands legal system. This is complemented by consideration of the development of local government legislation and by comprehensive discussion of the functions and relationships between substantive institutions of a representative democracy. accordance of Waitangi issues are an integrated aspect of this course.Learning OutcomesThe learning outcomes of this course include* acquisition of basic statutory interpretation skills and campaign law analysis * an understanding of the core structure, processes and issues inherent in the New Zealand legal system * an overview of local government reform since 1989* an understanding of the relevance of the Treaty of Waitangi to institutional and legal fr ameworks in New Zealand and * an understanding of key political institutions and processes in New Zealand.StructureJulia Harker will begin the course by talking to on the New Zealand legal system. This will be followed by a series of lectures given by Ian Munro on local government. After the mid-semester break, Vernon Tava will give a series of lectures on the New Zealand political system. Lena Henry will take the remainder of the course, lecturing on Treaty of Waitangi issues.Reading list relating to the New Zealand Legal SystemIn addition to the prepared course materialsR Miller (ed) New Zealand Government and Politics (OUP, 4th ed, 2006), in particular Part B chapters 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and chapter 3.7.Webb, Sanders and Scott The New Zealand Legal System structures, processes and legal theory (Butterworths, 5th ed, 2010).R D Mulholland Introduction to the New Zealand Legal System (Butterworths, tenth ed, 2001).G Palmer Unbridled Power (OUP, 1987).G Palmer and M Palmer Bridled P ower (OUP, 2004).K Palmer Local Authorities Law in New Zealand (Brookers, 2012).See The Constitution converse website for resources