1st Edition
Indigenous Courts, Self-Determination and Criminal Justice
By Valmaine Toki
Copyright 2018
208 Pages
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Routledge
300 Pages
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Routledge
300 Pages
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Routledge
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In New Zealand, as well as in Australia, Canada and other comparable jurisdictions, Indigenous peoples comprise a significantly disproportionate percentage of the prison population. For example, Maori, who comprise 15% of New Zealand’s population, make up 50% of its prisoners. For Maori women, the figure is 60%. These statistics have, moreover, remained more or less the same for at least the past... Read more
1.Māori and Criminality 2. Māori and Tikanga 3. Māori and Current Criminal Justice Initiatives 4. Constitutional Frameworks - The Treaty of Waitangi 5. Constitutional Frameworks - The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 6. Initiatives in Comparative Jurisdictions 7. Tikanga Maori and Therapeutic Jurisprudence 8. A New Vision
Biography
Dr Valmaine Toki is an Associate Professor in Law based at the Faculty of Law University of Waikato, New Zealand. Dr Toki was the first New Zealander appointed an Expert Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
