Open AccessJudicial Citations - an Empirical Study of Citation Practice in the New Zealand Court of Appeal
Author(s) -
Russell Smyth
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
victoria university of wellington law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-3082
pISSN - 1171-042X
DOI - 10.26686/vuwlr.v31i4.5929
Subject(s) - appeal , citation , law , political science , publishing , high court , project commissioning , empirical research , philosophy , epistemology
In this article, the author examines citations to case law and secondary authorities in a sample of 300 cases in the New Zealand Court of Appeal decided between 1995 and 1999. The author discusses the rationale for citing authorities and considers the citation practice of the Court of Appeal as well as of individual judges. Comparisons are also drawn with previous studies of overseas' courts citation practices.