Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 5, 2018 18:08:15 GMT 12
INDIGENOUS COURTS, THE WAY OF THE FUTURE?
An advocate for an improved justice system for Maori, Dr Valmaine Toki has researched and visited indigenous courts in comparative jurisdictions and is now calling for the establishment of indigenous courts in New Zealand.
The University of Waikato associate professor considers if Maori were to have their cases heard in courts where ‘tikanga Maori’ and ‘therapeutic jurisprudence’ are practised, then there would be far fewer Maori in New Zealand prisons and far fewer cases of recidivism.
She proposes two ways that indigenous courts could be introduced, either by building on the marae-based justice system that has been introduced for rangatahi (youth) and matariki (for adults), or expanding the jurisdiction of the Maori Land Court to include criminal and civil matters for Maori.....
www.voxy.co.nz/national/5/320074
An advocate for an improved justice system for Maori, Dr Valmaine Toki has researched and visited indigenous courts in comparative jurisdictions and is now calling for the establishment of indigenous courts in New Zealand.
The University of Waikato associate professor considers if Maori were to have their cases heard in courts where ‘tikanga Maori’ and ‘therapeutic jurisprudence’ are practised, then there would be far fewer Maori in New Zealand prisons and far fewer cases of recidivism.
She proposes two ways that indigenous courts could be introduced, either by building on the marae-based justice system that has been introduced for rangatahi (youth) and matariki (for adults), or expanding the jurisdiction of the Maori Land Court to include criminal and civil matters for Maori.....
www.voxy.co.nz/national/5/320074