Time-capsule: Explorations of Concepts of Time and Law in Colonial New Zealand

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Time-capsule: Explorations of Concepts of Time and Law in Colonial New Zealand

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Postcolonial legal culture in New Zealand (Aotearoa) has sought to revise the past by reinterpreting Victorian legal contexts in the light of contemporary understandings of inter-cultural differences. This article develops an argument that demonstrates the relationship between cultural and legal notions of time during nineteenth century New Zealand. It examines the way in which Victorian attitudes were expressed in the expansion of colonial empire and the discursive ideologies which may have ...

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2010-05-01

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Jonathan Barrett / Luke Strongman

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PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies

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http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/1025

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New Zealand, colonial history, indigenous time, customary law, Treaty of Waitangi / Colonies and colonization / Emigration and immigration / International migration / Sociology (General)

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