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NZLPE Part 1 - The NZ Legal System
Course ID ZI247_1
The New Zealand legal system has unique features which are explicable only in terms of the history of the country.
This examination preparation course is a self-paced course, intended to introduce you to the history, the structures and the processes of the New Zealand legal system.
The course is designed as a study guide or roadmap to assist you in your reading and thinking about the New Zealand legal system and to highlight signposts as you prepare for the New Zealand Law and Practice Examination of the New Zealand Council of Legal Education.
The course is based on the New Zealand Council of Legal Education’s prescription for this subject, which is outlined in the Council’s current NZLPE Information Pack available on their website.
Fees
Domestic Students $2,875 (GST inc.)
International Students $2,500
Outline
- Module 1: Sources and development of the constitution
- Module 2: The rule of law
- Module 3: The separation of powers
- Module 4: Parliamentary sovereignty
- Module 5: The Treaty of Waitangi
- Module 6: Parliament
- Module 7: Courts
- Module 8: Governor-General
- Module 9: The executive
- Module 10: Judicial review
- Module 11: Domestic incorporation of international law
- Module 12: New Zealand Bill of Rights
- Module 13: Officers of parliament
- Module 14: Official information, human rights and protected disclosures
- Module 15: Statutory interpretation
Important Note: Please note that the College's NZLPE Preparation Course is only a preparation course to guide and assist candidates who are sitting the NZLPE. The actual administration of NZLPE is conducted by the New Zealand Council of Legal Education (www.nzcle.org.nz).
The NZLPE Preparation Course is a self-paced online course that has been designed to assist NZLPE candidates study the course prescription. It is a structured course that will provide you with online access to:
- a unit by unit study guide
- access to the prescribed cases and statutes
- quizzes that test your knowledge and understanding
- parts of the online libraries of three New Zealand legal publishers: LexisNexis (NZ), CCH New Zealand and Westlaw NZ
- NZLPE past examination papers since July 2004
- guides to answering the various types of NZLPE examination questions
In addition to the materials you will be accessing online, the College also offers students the ability to have a 30 minute online meeting with one of the College’s specialists in the particular area of law in which you are enrolled.
Entry requirements
You must have completed a Law Degree which has been recognised and assessed by the New Zealand Council of Legal Education.
More information
For general course queries or other general assistance please
Phone: 09 300 3151
Freephone: 0800 COLLAW (265529)
Fax: 09 300 3153
Email: enquiries@collaw.ac.nz