Juridical encounters : Māori and the colonial courts, 1840-1852 /: Māori and the colonial courts, 1840-1852. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Shaunnagh Dorsett.
• Authors: Dorsett, Shaunnagh
• Contents: Introduction -- Juridical Encounters -- PART I: WHOSE LAW? WHICH LAW? -- 1. Preliminary Matters -- 2. Metropolitan Theorising: Amelioration, Protection and Exceptionalism -- 3. Amenability to British Law and Toleration: The Executive and Others -- 4. Common Law Jurisdiction over Māori: Three Cases -- 5. Conclusion -- PART II: DESIGNING EXCEPTIONAL LAWS AND INSTITUTIONS -- 1. Hobson and Clarke: 'Native' Courts -- 2. FitzRoy: The Native Exemption Ordinance 1844 -- 3. FitzRoy: Unsworn Testimony -- 4. Grey: The Resident Magistrates Courts 1846 -- 5. Conclusion -- PART III: JURIDICAL ENCOUNTERS IN THE COLONIAL COURTS -- 1. Preliminaries: Courts and Data -- 2. Offices: Protectors, Lawyers, Interpreters -- 3. Crime -- 4. Suing Civilly: The Resident Magistrates Court and the Office of the Native Assessor -- 5. Conclusion -- The Displacement of Tikanga -- A Brief Jurisprudential Afterword -- APPENDIX I: A Note on Court Data -- APPENDIX II: Court Structure in the Colonial Period -- APPENDIX III: Māori before the Superior Courts -- APPENDIX IV: Māori before the Resident Magistrates Court for Civil Matters inter se in Auckland and Wanganui -- APPENDIX V: The Provinces -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Auckland University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (344 pages)
• Subjects: 349.93; Law -- New Zealand -- History -- 19th century; Courts -- New Zealand -- History -- 19th century; Maori (New Zealand people) -- Legal status, laws, etc -- History -- 19th century; Kōrero nehe; Colonization; Courts; Law; Maori (New Zealand people) -- Legal status, laws, etc; Taipūwhenuatanga; Ture o te Kāwanatanga; Tikanga; New Zealand -- Colonization -- History -- 19th century; New Zealand; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781775589198; 1775589196
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