Upcoming Events

Symposium on the 2009 Report of the Regulatory Responsibility Taskforce and the Proposed Regulatory Responsibility Bill

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Wednesday 16 February 2010
9am to 4pm
Pipitea Campus, Victoria University of Wellington

The Regulatory Responsibility Taskforce report, and its recommended Regulatory Responsibility Bill, proposes major constitutional changes in the way legislation and regulations are promulgated in New Zealand. The Institute of Policy Studies has organised a one-day symposium to advance public debate on the Bill. The morning sessions will cover, from a wide range of viewpoints, the legal and constitutional issues. In the afternoon session, critics of the neoliberal approach have been invited to reflect on alternative ways of improving the quality of legislation and regulation in New Zealand.

Morning session (9am – 12 noon): Key Legal and Constitutional Themes; Property Rights and "Takings"

Chair: Sir Geoffrey Palmer

Professor Professor Paul Rishworth (Faculty of Law, University of Auckland): A Second Bill of Rights for New Zealand?

Tim Smith (Chapman Tripp): The Regulatory Responsibility Taskforce: a view from inside the room

George Tanner QC (Law Commission): How Does the proposed Bill Measure Up Against the Principles?

Dr Richard Ekins (Faculty of Law, University of Auckland): Juridifying Lawmaking

Afternoon session (1.15pm - 4pm): The Political Economy of Constitutional Reform and Deregulation

Chair: Jonathan Boston

Professor Jane Kelsey (Faculty of Law, University of Auckland): The Regulatory Responsibility Act as Embedded Neoliberalism and its Contradictions

Dr Bill Rosenberg (Combined Trade Unions): Overseas Investment: Myopic Deregulation

Dr Geoff Bertram (Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington): Deregulatory Irresponsibility? Unintended Consequences of Failing to Regulate

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Book Launch: Onward with Executive Power - Lessons from New Zealand 1947-57 by Harshan Kumarashingham

Tuesday 10 February 2010
5pm
Ground Floor Foyer, Rutherford House, Bunny Street, Wellington

Guest Speaker: His Excellency Mr George Fergusson, British High Commissioner

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