Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 4, 2024 9:59:16 GMT 12
Gary Judd KC: SENIOR KING’S COUNSEL FILES COMPLAINT ABOUT COMPULSORY TIKANGA MĀORI STUDIES FOR LAW STUDENTS
At present, the compulsory law degree subjects are The Legal System, The Law of Contracts, The Law of Torts, Criminal Law, Public Law and Property Law.
The tikanga regulations make it compulsory for all students commencing a law degree from 1 January 2025 to complete a subject on the general principles and practices of tikanga Māori | Māori laws and philosophy, and for tikanga Māori | Māori laws and philosophy to be included in all other subjects which are part of the compulsory requirements for the LLB and LLB Honours degrees.
The regulations were made by the New Zealand Council of Legal Education, comprising three judges, six [actually, it is five not six] appointees recommended by the New Zealand Law Society who presumably are lawyers, the deans of the law schools and two people recommended by the New Zealand Law Students’ Association.
The principal purpose of this complaint is to urge that one of the committee’s members move a resolution that the House disallow the tikanga regulations.
The tikanga regulations are symptomatic of a dangerous trend which has emerged within some sectors of New Zealand society where those with the power to do so seek to impose the beliefs and values of one section of society upon the community as a whole. They do so in this instance by pretending that tikanga is law and therefore it is fitting to compel law students to learn about it......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/05/gary-judd-kc-senior-kings-counsel-files.html
At present, the compulsory law degree subjects are The Legal System, The Law of Contracts, The Law of Torts, Criminal Law, Public Law and Property Law.
The tikanga regulations make it compulsory for all students commencing a law degree from 1 January 2025 to complete a subject on the general principles and practices of tikanga Māori | Māori laws and philosophy, and for tikanga Māori | Māori laws and philosophy to be included in all other subjects which are part of the compulsory requirements for the LLB and LLB Honours degrees.
The regulations were made by the New Zealand Council of Legal Education, comprising three judges, six [actually, it is five not six] appointees recommended by the New Zealand Law Society who presumably are lawyers, the deans of the law schools and two people recommended by the New Zealand Law Students’ Association.
The principal purpose of this complaint is to urge that one of the committee’s members move a resolution that the House disallow the tikanga regulations.
The tikanga regulations are symptomatic of a dangerous trend which has emerged within some sectors of New Zealand society where those with the power to do so seek to impose the beliefs and values of one section of society upon the community as a whole. They do so in this instance by pretending that tikanga is law and therefore it is fitting to compel law students to learn about it......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/05/gary-judd-kc-senior-kings-counsel-files.html