Fitzgerald v Muldoon

Fitzgerald v Muldoon and Others is one of New Zealand's leading constitutional law decisions. Heard in the Supreme Court in 1976, the decision considered whether press statements by the Prime Minister Robert Muldoon had breached section 1 of the Bill of Rights 1688, "That the pretended power of suspending of laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, without consent of Parliament, is illegal".

Fitzgerald v Muldoon

Fitzgerald v Muldoon and Others is one of New Zealand's leading constitutional law decisions. Heard in the Supreme Court in 1976, the decision considered whether press statements by the Prime Minister Robert Muldoon had breached section 1 of the Bill of Rights 1688, "That the pretended power of suspending of laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, without consent of Parliament, is illegal".