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Author Williams, David (David V.)

Title A Simple Nullity? : the Wi Parata Case in New Zealand Law & History
Published Chicago : Auckland University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (533 pages)
Contents Cover; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Treaty of Waitangi is 'a simple nullity'; Chapter One: The arrival of Christianity on the Kapiti coast; Chapter Two: An 'exemplary haven' in a troubled land; Chapter Three: A fraud on the donors?; Chapter Four: A gift or a grant?; Chapter Five: Why did the Church cling to the gifted land?; Chapter Six: 'Because of what I heard said at Kohimarama'; Chapter Seven: In the Supreme Court at Wellington; Chapter Eight: The long (and continuing) aftermath; Chapter Nine: Revisionist legal history; Chapter Ten: Contemporary comments
NotesBibliography; Glossary; A; B; I; K; M; P; R; T; W; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Copyright
Summary When the New Zealand Supreme Court ruled on Wi Parata v the Bishop of Wellington in 1877, the judges infamously dismissed the relevance of the Treaty of Waitangi. During the past 25 years, judges, lawyers, and commentators have castigated this?simple nullity" view of the treaty. The infamous case has been seen as symbolic of the neglect of Maori rights by settlers, the government, and New Zealand law. In this book, the Wi Parata case?the protagonists, the origins of the dispute, the years of legal back and forth?is given a fresh l
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Subject Parata, Wiremu -- Trials, litigation, etc
Hadfield, Octavius, 1814-1904 -- Trials, litigation, etc
SUBJECT Hadfield, Octavius, 1814-1904 fast
Treaty of Waitangi (1840 February 6)
Treaty of Waitangi (1840 February 6) fast
Subject Māori (New Zealand people) -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century
Māori (New Zealand people) -- Land tenure -- Law and legislation
Ngāti Toa (New Zealand people) -- Land tenure
LAW -- Property.
Māori (New Zealand people) -- Civil rights
Genre/Form History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781775580089
1775580083