A Maori perspective on the criminal justice system

Author information

Resource primary author:

Jackson, Moana

Content information

Content Description:

Moana Jackson discusses the criminal justice system and addresses three broad headings: The cultural and ideological bases of Pakeha Criminal Law; The use of that law as an instrument not much to protect the Maori but to oppress and control them; and the cultural, constitutional and structural definitions of a Maori Criminal Justice system.

Publication format:

Speech

Miscellaneous other notes:

The Allan Nixon Memorial Lecture 1989

TRC has a copy:

Yes

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Publication information

Catalogue Number:

364.34994 JAC - Filing Cabinet

Publisher:

Wellington Maori Legal Service Inc

Place of publication:

Wellington

Physical description:

11 pages, 30 cm

Where can I find this?:

Treaty Resource Centre

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Author Ethnicity:

Māori

Sector:

Justice

Informal Groups:

General Related Topics:

Equity/justice/fairness

Historical Period:

20th

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