Environment & Planning

Complete coverage of New Zealand's legislation and case law in the environmental and resource management law field.

Relevant, reliable, and up-to-date guidance for New Zealand’s planning community.

A powerhouse of national and international contributors honour the 20-year-tenure of retired Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias.

The Land Transfer Act is at the heart of conveyancing law and practice, a field in which many lawyers – both specialist and generalist – work. This book is a rapid-response, practical guide to the important changes to New Zealand property law coming in with the new Land Transfer Act.

Student Companion: Public Law, contains summaries of New Zealand and international decisions which are relevant to the study of company law in New Zealand.

An accessible introduction to resource management law in New Zealand Focus on Resource Management Law explains the main statutory provisions and includes summaries of leading cases in the area. The title also prepares students for examinations by including practice exam questions and answers, and suggestions for further reading.

The first edition of Resource Management: Butterworths Student Companion contains concise summaries of the leading decisions that are covered in the study of Resource Management. This is an invaluable, easy-to-read reference tool for students, designed to be used in conjunction with lecture notes and existing text materials.

Format: Paperback

Climate change has emerged as a new area of legal practice in New Zealand. The recent move to implement significant domestic regulation to combat climate change presents a range of new regulatory and commercial legal issues on which lawyers are being asked to advise. This is particularly the case with the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme