Searching for Principle: Reconciling Tribal Membership and Liberal Values
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sam Bookman
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 16/17, no. 1, 2018, pp. 1-20
Description
Examines the difficulties involved in reconciling tikanga Māori (traditional law) which is based on whanaungatanga (familial relationships), whakapapa (lines of descent) and iwi (tribes), and contemporary New Zealand law which has its basis in individualism.