Patriating appeals : New Zealand's withdrawal from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
@inproceedings{McCabe2016PatriatingA, title={Patriating appeals : New Zealand's withdrawal from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand}, author={P. McCabe}, year={2016} }
In 1900, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was the final court of appeal for one-quarter of the world’s people residing in the British Empire, with the notable exception of those who lived in the British Isles. Despite the major exodus from the Judicial Committee’s jurisdiction in the two decades following the end of the Second World War, it was not until the late 1960s before the possibility of New Zealand’s departure was raised. A sporadic debate then ensued. In 1986, the Government… Expand
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