Abstract: The following paper was presented on 24 August 1980 by Sir Ivor Richardson to a plenary session of the 35th Conference of the Australasian Universities Law Schools Association held at the University of Otago. In it, Sir Ivor looks at the role of an appellate judge with reference to the New Zealand Court of Appeal. He first sets out the structure of, procedure followed by, and workload of the Court. Sir Ivor then discusses the substantial limitations on creative law making by appellate judges. These are the structure of the adversarial court system, functional limitations including the need to give reasons for a decision, the importance of certainty in the law and the proper relationship between courts and legislature.
Publication Year: 1981
Publication Date: 1981-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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