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The Compensation Scheme No One Asked For: The Origins of ACC in New Zealand

Author(s) -

Peter McKenzie

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

victoria university of wellington law review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1179-3082

pISSN - 1171-042X

DOI - 10.26686/vuwlr.v34i2.5783

Subject(s) - opposition (politics) , commission , scope (computer science) , law , project commissioning , political science , publishing , royal commission , law reform , compensation (psychology) , sociology , psychology , computer science , social psychology , politics , programming language

The vision laid down in the 1967 Royal Commission Report was radical in scope and quickly became controversial. Led by its Chairman, Sir Owen Woodhouse, the Commission presented a series of connected principles to support that vision, drawing from earlier critiques of the common law system in New Zealand and abroad. This paper explores the legal background in New Zealand prior to the Woodhouse Report and reviews prior movement toward reform, including submissions made by members of the Victoria University Law Faculty. It also describes opposition to the Report from members of the bar and other interest groups, but suggests reasons why the Woodhouse framework was nonetheless able to prevail.

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