Law's response to New Zealand's 'darkest of days'. (March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ip, John
• Other Names: Blackbourn Jessie guest-editor.; McGarrity Nicola guest-editor.; Roach Kent guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Common law world review. Volume 50:Number 1(2021)
• Page Start: 21
• Page End: 37
• Publication Date: 2021-03
• Subjects: counterterrorism -- right-wing terrorism -- Christchurch attack; Common law -- Periodicals; 340.57
• DOI: 10.1177/1473779521989340
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1473-7795

Abstract

This article discusses various aspects of the New Zealand legal system's response to the 15 March Christchurch mosques attack. It also considers New Zealand's response to the attack from the perspective of the academic literature on the policymaking process and argues that the response to date has been modest and cannot be characterised as a knee-jerk reaction.