LibGuides: Business: Commercial Law Resources

Course Reading List

New Zealand Legislation website
Required text/readings (either paper version or electronic)

Introduction to New Zealand commercial legislation by CCH New Zealand
Call Number: 346.07 INT
ISBN: 9781775473237
Publication Date: 2020
Previous editions of the legislation book are permitted but not recommended. Please note that the previous editions of the legislation book may contain law that has been amended by Parliament. Also, new law may have been passed. You may be putting your chances of success in jeopardy if you use anything other than the latest edition of the legislation book.
Commercial Law in New Zealand Business by by Philip Alexander-Crawford, Nigel Sutton, David Sutton, Dawn Duncan.
Call Number: 346.07 COM
ISBN: 9780864729415
Publication Date: 2018
Recommended texts/readings
Principles of Law for New Zealand Business Students by Jeremy Hubbard, Cordelia Thomas, Sally Varnham.
Call Number: 349.07 HUB
ISBN: 9781442554764
Publication Date: 2013
Recommended texts/readings
Understanding commercial law by by Leigh Miller ; original authors: Martin Lawrence, Philippa Gerbic.
Call Number: 346.07 MIL
ISBN: 9781927248157
Publication Date: 2014
Recommended texts/readings
New Zealand Law Dictionary by Peter Spiller
Call Number: 49.93 SPI
ISBN: 9780947514785
Publication Date: 2019

New Zealand Legislation website
This website provides Acts, Bills, secondary legislation, and Supplementary Order Papers. It is owned and updated by the Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO) which is New Zealand’s law drafting office.
Parliamentary Counsel Office
New Zealand Parliament Youtube Channel
How Laws are made.
New Zealand Parliament website
How a bill becomes law.
New Zealand Parliament website
Bills (proposed laws)
New Zealand Parliament website
Contract and Commercial Law Bill

Introduction to commercial law by General editor, Henry Holderness ; authors, Jeremy Finn, Cynthia Hawes, Richard Scragg, Stephen Todd, Debra Wilson ; former authors, John Burrows, Lindsay Hampton, Robyn Merrett, Sascha Mueller, Duncan Webb.
Call Number: 346.07 BUT
ISBN: 9780947514044
Publication Date: 2016
The Aotearoa New Zealand legal system : structures and processes by Jacinta Ruru, Paul Scott, Duncan Webb.
Call Number: 349.93 WEB
ISBN: 9781988546650
Publication Date: 2022
The Aotearoa New Zealand Legal System: Structures and Processes is an introductory text for first-year law students at Aotearoa New Zealand's universities. Written in a clear, straightforward manner that is accessible and easy to follow, The Aotearoa New Zealand Legal System looks at the structures and processes that define and shape our law: the New Zealand constitution, Te Titiri o Waitangi, New Zealand's court system, and the legal profession.
New Zealand Taxation 2024 : Legislation Handbook by Thompson Reuters
Call Number: 343.04 NEW
ISBN: 9781991102355
Publication Date: 2024