Abstract:
The religion clauses in ss 13 and 15 of the New Zealand Bill ofRights Act 1990 have not attracted much litigation to date. This contrasts with recent experience in the United States and Europe, and, to a lesser degree, Canada, in regard to freedom of religion. But there exists considerable potentialfor litigation in New Zealand, not least because most types of controversy from which litigation emerges in those other places have strong parallels here. ...