Browsing by Author "Joseph, Robert"

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Frozen rights?: The right to develop Maori treaty and aboriginal rights

Joseph, Robert (The University of Waikato, 2011)

Bishop Manuhuia Bennett often asked the question: "What did Maori call New Zealand before the arrival of the Pakeha [Europeans]?" After a deliberate pause, he would then simply utter: "Ours".
Re-creating legal space for the first law of Aotearoa-New Zealand

Joseph, Robert (2009)

Some of the historic and contemporary statutory and case law examples of a hybrid Maori-British common law legal system in Aotearoa-New Zealand are discussed. The importance and role performed by the First Law, the tikanga ...