Mãori Customary Law: A Relational Approach to Justice

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Mãori Customary Law: A Relational Approach to Justice

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This research paper examines the philosophy of justice embodied in tikanga Mãori, the Mãori traditional mechanism and approach to doing justice. Based on several months of fieldwork in New Zealand, this study contends that the Mãori approach to justice adopts a holistic and relational lens, which requires that justice be seen in the context of relationships and crimes dealt with in terms of the relationships they have affected. As a result, justice must be carried out within the community and...

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2012-03-01

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Stephanie Vieille

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International Indigenous Policy Journal

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http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1067&context=iipj

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Indigenous knowledge / Mãori / restorative justice / relationships / Political science / Social Sciences

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