Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 18, 2024 5:02:45 GMT 12
MĀORI LAW EXPERT SAYS TIKANGA PROGRESS IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS UNSTOPPABLE
Māori law and tikanga expert Mamari Stephens says judges are looking at the application of ture-tikanga, or Māori law, in cases before them.
That trend is set to gather momentum from next year when the general principles and practices of tikanga Māori become a compulsory subject in law studies.
“There’s got to be some kind of understanding that tīkanga Māori is its own system and its own kind of relational basis. So you can’t just apply it willy-nilly to get people off stuff. There’s got to be some integrity and that’s going to take time to work out what integrity looks like,” Stephens says.
She says like the common law it will take decades for the two systems to fuse together into Aotearoa-New Zealand law – but that’s how it should be.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/maori-law-expert-says-tikanga-progress-in-the-judicial-system-is-unstoppable/MR3ULNISG5BJ7BLO3YSNTMCJ2Q/
Māori law and tikanga expert Mamari Stephens says judges are looking at the application of ture-tikanga, or Māori law, in cases before them.
That trend is set to gather momentum from next year when the general principles and practices of tikanga Māori become a compulsory subject in law studies.
“There’s got to be some kind of understanding that tīkanga Māori is its own system and its own kind of relational basis. So you can’t just apply it willy-nilly to get people off stuff. There’s got to be some integrity and that’s going to take time to work out what integrity looks like,” Stephens says.
She says like the common law it will take decades for the two systems to fuse together into Aotearoa-New Zealand law – but that’s how it should be.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/maori-law-expert-says-tikanga-progress-in-the-judicial-system-is-unstoppable/MR3ULNISG5BJ7BLO3YSNTMCJ2Q/