Download This PaperLockdown’s Legality and the Rule of Law
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3 Pages Posted: 6 Aug 2020
Date Written: August 4, 2020
Abstract
This short note explains the context to, and the arguments made in, the judicial review proceedings challenging the legality of the lockdown in New Zealand (Borrowdale v Director-General of Health).
Keywords: Covid-19, lockdown, New Zealand, judicial review, rule of law
JEL Classification: K1, K30
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Knight, Dean R., Lockdown’s Legality and the Rule of Law (August 4, 2020). Newsroom (www.newsroom.co.nz), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3666613
Dean R. Knight (Contact Author)
Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law ( email )
PO Box 600
Wellington, 6140
New Zealand
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