REPORT SUMMARY - Who Makes the Law? - Roger Partridge

The proper constitutional role of the courts is a subject of sharp debate in many parts of the common law world, with This decision overturned longstanding rules for recognising the United States Supreme Court being a cautionary tale. [...] sight of key ideas that shape how we govern ourselves: the separation of powers, the sovereignty of Parliament, and The ‘three strikes’ case of Fitzgerald v R is a good example the rule of law. [...] Under the cover of purportedly applying the law, they are usurping power to themselves.” ABOUT THE AUTHOR Roger Partridge is chair of The New Zealand Initiative and a senior fellow in its research team. [...] His research reports include Who Guards the Guards? Regulatory Governance in New Zealand (2018), Work in Progress: Why Fair Pay Agreements would be bad for labour (2019), The Rule of Law or the Law of Rulers (2020), Nothing costs nothing: Why unjustified dismissal laws should not apply to the highly paid (2021), Reassessing the Regulators: The good, the bad and the Commerce Commission (2022), and. [...] He is an Honorary Fellow and former executive director of the Legal Research Foundation, a charitable foundation associated with the University of Auckland Law School and is a former member of the New Zealand Law Society Council, the governing body of the legal profession.