Commissions of Inquiry: Some Thoughts from New Zealand

Inquiries Conference, Queen's University, Canada, February 1999

Allan Manson and David Mullan (eds) Commissions of Inquiry: Praise or Reappraise (Irwin Law, Toronto, 2003) 153

Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper Series, Keith Paper No. 3/2017

30 Pages Posted: 17 Oct 2013 Last revised: 12 Dec 2017

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Kenneth J. Keith

Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law

Date Written: 1999

Abstract

This paper largely concerns the New Zealand experience of commissions of inquiry, with some reference to the international experience. Regarding the subject matter of inquiries, the author makes a key distinction between investigations into conduct, many relating to criminal justice matters, and inquiries into broader advisory matters, especially matters of policy. His paper considers five main areas: the reason for using a commission of inquiry rather than another available means; the membership of commissions; the procedures they follow; some substantive limits on what can be considered; and judicial and other review of commission reports.

Abstract by Juliet Bull.

Keywords: Commissions of Inquiry, Royal Commissions, New Zealand, administrative law, public law, Dogger Bank case

JEL Classification: K23, K39

Suggested Citation

Keith, Kenneth J., Commissions of Inquiry: Some Thoughts from New Zealand (1999). Inquiries Conference, Queen's University, Canada, February 1999, Allan Manson and David Mullan (eds) Commissions of Inquiry: Praise or Reappraise (Irwin Law, Toronto, 2003) 153, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper Series, Keith Paper No. 3/2017, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2340856

Kenneth J. Keith (Contact Author)

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