TY - JOUR AU - Griffiths, Shelley AU - Hartshorn, James PY - 2023/03/03 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Fragile and Strong: The Oxymoron of Tax Administration and Constitutionality in New Zealand JF - Review of International and European Economic Law JA - RIEEL.com VL - 2 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://rieel.com/index.php/rieel/article/view/48 SP - AB - <p>It is usually argued that in New Zealand there is no constitution, however, the political constitution of a state is related to who or what institutions should exercise power and how they should exercise it and, in this sense, the previous statement would not be correct since these rules exist . In the case of this country, the study of constitutional norms is different than the Civil Law System countries, and its sources must be studied in a different way, which the author explains in this work. The three basic pillars of the constitutional system would be the sovereignty of parliament, the idea of limited government and the separation of powers, and the rule of law. From these and other considerations, the author focuses on the study of the influence of the Constitution on the tax system, at the legislative and administrative level, in various aspects, including the rights of taxpayers.</p> ER -