1. identify an area of social change where New Zealand law might or might not be or have beenin step with public opinion?Identify the area of change and the relevant law.
2. Some argue that common law systems reduce the risk of totalitarian regimes and enhance and strengthen markets.Explain why this might be so.
3. For true criminal offences bothactusreusandmens reaare required. What do these Latin terms mean?
4. In the case ofBoots Cash Chemists[1953] 1 QB 401why did it not make sense for a customer's contract to buy to be formed when they picked up an item that was on display?
5. Describe an advantage and a disadvantageof the use of 'Urgency' in the passage of a Bill before Parliament.
6. In Fitzgerald v Muldoon[1976] 2 NZLR 615 (HC) the Chief Justice ruled against Prime Minister Muldoon who had attempted to overrule an Act of Parliament by making a press statement. Why did the Chief Justice do that?
7. Identify two cases where the judge(s)clarified or advanced the common law and what clarification or advancement they made?