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Reform : a memoir / Geoffrey Palmer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wellington : Victoria University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 800 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780864739056
  • 0864739052
Other title:
  • Geoffrey Palmer Reform
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324.2092 23
Contents:
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; 1. Setting the Scene; 2. In Search of My Great-Grandparents; 3. A Nelson Education; 4. A Place of Light, Liberty and Learning; 5. A Legal Apprenticeship; 6. Chicago and OE; 7. In the Groves of Academe; 8. Big Change, Exciting Adventures: Accident Compensation; 9. Bitten by the Bug: Going into Politics; 10. The Glittering Prize of a Safe Seat; 11. The Duty of an Opposition is to Oppose; 12. First Law Officer of the Crown; 13. Prisons, Courts and Justice; 14. New Zealand's Unique and Odd Constitution Needs Change; 15. All Power is a Trust: Reforming Parliament.
16. Māori, the Treaty and the Constitution17. Going Green; 18. The Fine Art of Diplomacy; 19. The Anti-Nuclear Policy: New Zealand Makes Waves; 20. In the Cockpit of Government; 21. The Power of Free Speech; 22. Public Law: A New Legal Cookbook; 23. The Law Commission: A Royal Commission in Continuous Session; 24. Reforming Alcohol Law: Too Much Liquor in Our Lives; 25. The International Whaling Commission -- Diplomatic Agony; 26. The Gaza Flotilla Inquiry: Keep Calm and Carry On; 27. Local Government Reform: There is no Sound so Sweet as the Squeak of the Parish Pump.
28. Reform, Governance and the Future29. Some Lighter Moments; 30. Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Index.
Summary: "Reform has been a recurring theme throughout Geoffrey Palmer's life, not only during his career in politics as an MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister but also as a law professor and law practitioner. In this memoir, Geoffrey Palmer recounts the events and forces that shaped him as well as his many adventures in reforming a wide range of institutions, laws and policies. He speaks of his early life and family background in Nelson and the eventful lives of his pioneering ancestors. He examines the intellectual influences on his thinking, particularly the nature of his education both in New Zealand and the United States. Geoffrey Palmer chronicles his life according to the issues: accident compensation, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Law Commission, liquor law, Maori issues, parliamentary reform, the Resource Management Act, law and order, prisons, and local government reform are all discussed in-depth. International issues also come within the compass of the book, with extensive treatment of New Zealand's anti-nuclear policy, the 'Rainbow Warrior' affair, the Gaza Flotilla incident and Palmer's diplomatic efforts to reform the International Whaling Commission"--Cover jacket flap.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; 1. Setting the Scene; 2. In Search of My Great-Grandparents; 3. A Nelson Education; 4. A Place of Light, Liberty and Learning; 5. A Legal Apprenticeship; 6. Chicago and OE; 7. In the Groves of Academe; 8. Big Change, Exciting Adventures: Accident Compensation; 9. Bitten by the Bug: Going into Politics; 10. The Glittering Prize of a Safe Seat; 11. The Duty of an Opposition is to Oppose; 12. First Law Officer of the Crown; 13. Prisons, Courts and Justice; 14. New Zealand's Unique and Odd Constitution Needs Change; 15. All Power is a Trust: Reforming Parliament.

16. Māori, the Treaty and the Constitution17. Going Green; 18. The Fine Art of Diplomacy; 19. The Anti-Nuclear Policy: New Zealand Makes Waves; 20. In the Cockpit of Government; 21. The Power of Free Speech; 22. Public Law: A New Legal Cookbook; 23. The Law Commission: A Royal Commission in Continuous Session; 24. Reforming Alcohol Law: Too Much Liquor in Our Lives; 25. The International Whaling Commission -- Diplomatic Agony; 26. The Gaza Flotilla Inquiry: Keep Calm and Carry On; 27. Local Government Reform: There is no Sound so Sweet as the Squeak of the Parish Pump.

28. Reform, Governance and the Future29. Some Lighter Moments; 30. Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Index.

"Reform has been a recurring theme throughout Geoffrey Palmer's life, not only during his career in politics as an MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister but also as a law professor and law practitioner. In this memoir, Geoffrey Palmer recounts the events and forces that shaped him as well as his many adventures in reforming a wide range of institutions, laws and policies. He speaks of his early life and family background in Nelson and the eventful lives of his pioneering ancestors. He examines the intellectual influences on his thinking, particularly the nature of his education both in New Zealand and the United States. Geoffrey Palmer chronicles his life according to the issues: accident compensation, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Law Commission, liquor law, Maori issues, parliamentary reform, the Resource Management Act, law and order, prisons, and local government reform are all discussed in-depth. International issues also come within the compass of the book, with extensive treatment of New Zealand's anti-nuclear policy, the 'Rainbow Warrior' affair, the Gaza Flotilla incident and Palmer's diplomatic efforts to reform the International Whaling Commission"--Cover jacket flap.

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