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Jurisprudence of National Identity Kaleidoscopes of Imperialism and Globalisation from Aotearoa New Zealand
By Nan Seuffert
Copyright 2006
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
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Presenting a unique blend of historical and contemporary research from a range of interdisciplinary and theoretical analysis, this book examines the intersection of 'race', gender and national identity. Focusing on New Zealand, the book highlights the ways in which shifts in national identity shape and limit legal claims for redress for historical racial injustices internationally. Key features: *... Read more
Contents: Interventions: law, postcoloniality, nation, 'race' and gender; Foundations: law's deceptions and 'good citizens' of free trade imperialism; Jurisdiction: colonial marriage law, concubinage and polygamy; Race purity in an emerging nation: orientalism, law, policy, immigration and Maori; Nation as partnership: treaty settlements in the glare of globalisation; Producing race and gender through national identity in law; White women leading the nation: shifting law and policy terrain, cleaning up the mess; Immigration: anxiety, paradox and belligerence; Convergences and divergences; References; Index.
Biography
Nan Seuffert is Professor at the School of Law, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
