Lockdown Bubbles through Layers of Law, Discretion and Nudges – New Zealand
Knight, Dean R
Author
aut
Text
xx#
2020
Verfassungsblog
2020-04-07
eng
New Zealand’s governmental response to Covid-19 has been, so far, dramatic and legally curious. As a South Pacific island nation, Covid-19 was late to infiltrate New Zealand, allowing the government time to shape its response in the light of experiences elsewhere. At the first sign of community transmission, the government moved to lockdown the country – shutting the border, keeping people in their household ‘bubbles’ and closing businesses other than those deemed essential. To effect the lockdown, the government relied on some ordinary legal powers and a handful of reserve emergency powers, supplemented by strong messaging from a charismatic prime minister. While providing a stopgap solution for the sudden move, the current legal framework is bit soft and fragile in places. It seems likely the government will move to sharpen and fortify the legal basis for the lockdown and put in place a more bespoke and enduring solution.
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Knight, Dean R
COVID 19
emergency powers
Lockdown
nudging
342
https://verfassungsblog.de/covid-19-in-new-zealand-lockdown-bubbles-through-layers-of-law-discretion-and-nudges/
Verfassungsblog
2366-7044
Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH
10.17176/20200407-153019-0
200407
10.17176/20200407-153019-0
Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl
(Revision 1.140 20200717)