Resumo:Apresenta nova explicação sobre a gênese e natureza do "Bill of Rights Act of 1990" (Declaração de Direitos) da Nova Zelândia.
Sumário:Background to the New Zealand situation -- Electoral threat paradigm -- Hegemonic preservation thesis (HPT) and New Zealand -- Time and nature of NZBOR -- Knowledge class thesis (KCT) and New Zealand -- Aversive constitutionalism in a Westminster setting: an alternative look at NZBOR.