New Zealand law
E124849
New Zealand law is the common law–based legal system of New Zealand, combining parliamentary statutes, judicial precedents, and constitutional conventions derived largely from English legal traditions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Zealand law canonical | 2 |
| New Zealand legal system | 2 |
| New Zealand public law system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1078836 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: New Zealand law Context triple: [Ross Dependency, legalSystem, New Zealand law]
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A.
New Zealand courts
New Zealand courts are the judicial institutions of New Zealand responsible for interpreting and applying the law, resolving disputes, and upholding justice across the country.
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B.
Court of Appeal of New Zealand
The Court of Appeal of New Zealand is an intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts and tribunals, sitting below the Supreme Court in the country's judicial hierarchy.
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C.
Common law of New South Wales
The Common law of New South Wales is the body of judge-made legal principles and precedents that underpins and guides the operation of the state’s legal system alongside statute law.
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D.
Supreme Court of New Zealand
The Supreme Court of New Zealand is the country’s highest appellate court, established in 2004 to replace appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London.
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E.
Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 is New Zealand legislation that established the Waitangi Tribunal to investigate and make recommendations on breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi between the Crown and Māori.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: New Zealand law Target entity description: New Zealand law is the common law–based legal system of New Zealand, combining parliamentary statutes, judicial precedents, and constitutional conventions derived largely from English legal traditions.
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A.
New Zealand courts
New Zealand courts are the judicial institutions of New Zealand responsible for interpreting and applying the law, resolving disputes, and upholding justice across the country.
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B.
Court of Appeal of New Zealand
The Court of Appeal of New Zealand is an intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts and tribunals, sitting below the Supreme Court in the country's judicial hierarchy.
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C.
Common law of New South Wales
The Common law of New South Wales is the body of judge-made legal principles and precedents that underpins and guides the operation of the state’s legal system alongside statute law.
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D.
Supreme Court of New Zealand
The Supreme Court of New Zealand is the country’s highest appellate court, established in 2004 to replace appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London.
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E.
Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 is New Zealand legislation that established the Waitangi Tribunal to investigate and make recommendations on breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi between the Crown and Māori.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (92)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
common law system
ⓘ
legal system ⓘ |
| basedOn | common law GENERATED ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| hasConstitutionalFeature |
parliamentary sovereignty
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responsible government ⓘ rule of law ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ unwritten constitution ⓘ |
| hasCourt |
Court of Appeal of New Zealand
GENERATED
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District Court of New Zealand GENERATED ⓘ High Court of New Zealand GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasCriminalLawPrinciple |
presumption of innocence
ⓘ
trial by jury for serious offences ⓘ |
| hasElectoralSystem | mixed-member proportional representation GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasHighestCourt | Supreme Court of New Zealand GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalInfluence | Treaty of Waitangi GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasHumanRightsInstitution | Human Rights Commission (New Zealand) GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasHumanRightsInstrument | New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 ⓘ |
| hasInternationalObligation |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
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surface form:
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
surface form:
United Nations Charter
|
| hasKeyInstitution |
Executive branch of New Zealand
GENERATED
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Judiciary of New Zealand GENERATED ⓘ New Zealand Parliament GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasKeyStatute |
Accident Compensation Act 2001
GENERATED
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Care of Children Act 2004 GENERATED ⓘ Companies Act 1993 GENERATED ⓘ Constitution Act 1986 GENERATED ⓘ Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 GENERATED ⓘ Crimes Act 1961 GENERATED ⓘ Criminal Procedure Act 2011 GENERATED ⓘ Customs and Excise Act 2018 GENERATED ⓘ Electoral Act 1993 GENERATED ⓘ Employment Relations Act 2000 GENERATED ⓘ Evidence Act 2006 GENERATED ⓘ Family Violence Act 2018 GENERATED ⓘ Goods and Services Tax Act 1985 GENERATED ⓘ Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 GENERATED ⓘ Human Rights Act 1993 GENERATED ⓘ Immigration Act 2009 GENERATED ⓘ Income Tax Act 2007 GENERATED ⓘ Insolvency Act 2006 GENERATED ⓘ Land Transfer Act 2017 GENERATED ⓘ Local Government Act 2002 GENERATED ⓘ Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 GENERATED ⓘ Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 GENERATED ⓘ New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 GENERATED ⓘ Official Information Act 1982 GENERATED ⓘ Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 GENERATED ⓘ Privacy Act 2020 GENERATED ⓘ Property Law Act 2007 GENERATED ⓘ Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 GENERATED ⓘ Public Finance Act 1989 GENERATED ⓘ Resource Management Act 1991 GENERATED ⓘ Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 GENERATED ⓘ Sentencing Act 2002 GENERATED ⓘ State Sector Act 1988 GENERATED ⓘ Tax Administration Act 1994 GENERATED ⓘ Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 GENERATED ⓘ Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 GENERATED ⓘ Trusts Act 2019 GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasLegalAidSystem | Legal aid in New Zealand GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasLegalEducationInstitution |
University of Auckland Faculty of Law
GENERATED
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University of Canterbury School of Law GENERATED ⓘ University of Otago Faculty of Law GENERATED ⓘ University of Waikato Faculty of Law GENERATED ⓘ Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasLegalProfessionBody |
New Zealand Bar Association
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New Zealand Law Society ⓘ |
| hasLegalSystemType | unitary state ⓘ |
| hasLegalTradition | Westminster system GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasOmbudsmanInstitution |
Ombudsman of New Zealand
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surface form:
Office of the Ombudsman (New Zealand)
|
| hasSpecialistCourt |
Employment Court of New Zealand
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Environment Court of New Zealand ⓘ Family Court of New Zealand ⓘ Māori Land Court ⓘ |
| hasSupremeLaw | Constitutional principles GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasTribunal |
Disputes Tribunal
GENERATED
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Human Rights Review Tribunal GENERATED ⓘ Tenancy Tribunal GENERATED ⓘ Waitangi Tribunal GENERATED ⓘ |
| includesSourceOfLaw |
constitutional conventions
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judicial precedents ⓘ parliamentary statutes ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
English law
GENERATED
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United Kingdom law GENERATED ⓘ |
| recognisesIndigenousRights | Māori ⓘ |
| recognisesLanguage |
Māori
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New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ |
| usesLanguage | English GENERATED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: New Zealand law Description of subject: New Zealand law is the common law–based legal system of New Zealand, combining parliamentary statutes, judicial precedents, and constitutional conventions derived largely from English legal traditions.
Referenced by (5)
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