Capital Letter: How emergency laws ought to operate – and how they really do
When the February 2011 Canterbury earthquake struck, the legislative response was slower and more considered
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“Over and over again history demonstrates that unconstrained power is subject to misuse and that even well-intentioned measures can result in unintended consequences if there are not clear, formal measures of oversight applied to them.”
That comment came from an open letter to New Zealand’s
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Capital Letter: How emergency laws ought to operate – and how they really do
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