Add to ORKGThe New Zealand High Court case of Taylor v. Attorney-General resulted in a formal declaration that the law removing the right to vote from all sentenced New Zealand prisoners is inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZBORA), in that it limits the legislatively guaranteed right to vote in a way that cannot be justified in a free and democratic society. This analysis considers the pre-Taylor uncertainties around the availability of declaratory relief under the NZBORA. The author then examines why the issue of prisoner voting provided a compelling case for such relief. The article concludes with some cautionary thought on the effectiveness of the remedy in the New Zealand context
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To remove the right of prisoners to vote does many things. … It signals that whatever the prisoner s...
In 2017 the New Zealand Parliament saw the introduction of legislation designed to make vacant the s...
The New Zealand High Court case of Taylor v. Attorney-General resulted in a formal declaration that ...
This article considers the constitutional question of whether prisoners should be permitted to vote....
This article provides commentary on the issue of prisoner voting, specifically the issue of prohibit...
The question whether individuals sentenced to terms of imprisonment should be able to vote has arise...
The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZBORA) retains Parliament’s sovereign power to make law. H...
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In the wake of the High Court’s decision on prisoner enfranchisement, Graeme Orr describes the issue...
Do prisoners’ rights matter? This paper examines this question through a social-legal study of one o...
To remove the right of prisoners to vote does many things. … It signals that whatever the prisoner s...
In 2017 the New Zealand Parliament saw the introduction of legislation designed to make vacant the s...
The New Zealand High Court case of Taylor v. Attorney-General resulted in a formal declaration that ...
This article considers the constitutional question of whether prisoners should be permitted to vote....
This article provides commentary on the issue of prisoner voting, specifically the issue of prohibit...
The question whether individuals sentenced to terms of imprisonment should be able to vote has arise...
The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZBORA) retains Parliament’s sovereign power to make law. H...
This paper is about the voting rights of incarcerated Australian citizens. It begins by providing so...
This article explores and critiques the rationales for disenfranchising prisoners advanced by politi...
Section 2(4) of the Criminal Justice Amendment Act (No 2) 1999 is incompatible with the cardinal ten...
New Zealand has had 12 years of experience with an unentrenched Bill of Rights. This article conside...
The recent decision of Seales v Attorney-General clarified the law surrounding voluntary euthanasia ...
This paper examines the origins, benefits and pitfalls of the Citizen Initiated Referenda Act 1993, ...
In the wake of the High Court’s decision on prisoner enfranchisement, Graeme Orr describes the issue...
Do prisoners’ rights matter? This paper examines this question through a social-legal study of one o...
To remove the right of prisoners to vote does many things. … It signals that whatever the prisoner s...
In 2017 the New Zealand Parliament saw the introduction of legislation designed to make vacant the s...