“Who Makes the Law? Reining in the Supreme Court”.
This report by Roger Partridge, lawyer and Chairman of the NZ Initiative, challenges the Supreme Court’s overreach or activism in recent cases and the constitutional implications.
Judicial activism is in a word, dangerous for democracy.
This is a most important matter and it needs the attention of Parliament.
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