Jurisprudential issue
QUESTION IN ESSAY FORMAT Write a research essay of between 3000 and 3500 words in length (including footnotes) exploring the below jurisprudential issue. What role does tikanga Māori have to play in modern New Zealand law and how so? Use examples if you wish to support your argument. Some readings to get you started (Remember you need to find other sources): • Fenton, F The Laws of England (1858). • Jackson, M The Māori and the Criminal Justice System: He Whaipaanga Hou (1988). • Jackson, M “The Treaty and the Word: The Colonization of Maori Philosophy” in Oddie, F & Perrett, RW (eds) Justice, Ethics and New Zealand Society ( 1992). • King, M (ed) Te Ao Hurihuri: Aspects of Māoritanga (1992). • King, M (ed) Tihei Mauri Ora: Aspects of Māoritanga (1978). • Law Commission, Māori Custom and Values in New Zealand. (Wellington: Study paper 9 2001) • Mead, S Nga Tikanga Tuku Iho a te Māori (1984). • Mead, H Tikanga Māori (2003) Wellington: Huia Press • Mulholland M (Ed), State of the Māori Nation (Wellington: Reed 2006)
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