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New Zealand Democratic Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (829 words) |
 | Democratic Party members also held seats when the party was part of the Alliance. |
| The party was formerly known as the Social Credit Party, and was for many years the largest minor party in New Zealand politics. |
| By the 1999 Election the Democrats were one of only two remaining parties in the Alliance as the Greens left the grouping and the Liberals and NewLabour components formally dissolved, their members becoming members of the Alliance as a whole rather than of any specific constituent party. |
| THE NEW ZEALAND LEGAL SYSTEM (2740 words) |
| New Zealand's Parliament has developed from the British parliamentary system known as the Westminster system of government and is the highest law-making body in New Zealand. |
| New Zealand's constitution, which is the foundation of our legal system, is drawn from a number of important statutes, judicial decisions, and customary rules known as constitutional conventions. |
| In addition, New Zealand is to some degree under an international obligation to maintain some of the rights ascribed to the Treaty, as Parliament has incorporated into domestic law the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which upholds the individual and group rights of minorities. |
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