Coroners
Subtitle: a review, a discussion paper
By: Law Commission = Te Aka Matua o te Ture
Series: Preliminary paper / New Zealand. Law Commission -- 36; Preliminary paper (New Zealand. Law Commission) -- no. 36
Publisher: Law Commission
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Wellington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9781877187377
Subjects: Coroners; New Zealand
Description: Considers the issues raised during a consultation process; reviews the relevant law both in New Zealand and overseas, and proposes amendments to the Coroners Act 1988. Proposals have been developed which give weight to cultural values (particularly Māori cultural values), as well as recognising that determining the result of death is the important function of the coronial system.
Notes: Citation title: NZLC PP36.

"August 1999."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36).
Table of contents: title: Cultural values : the body and body parts; title: Resolving the conflicts; title: Appointment of coroners; title: Supervision of coroners; title: Coroners' recommendations.