Sworn on the dirt of graves: Sovereignty, jurisdiction and the judicial abrogation of 'Barbarous' customs in New Zealand in the 1840s

Dorsett, S

Sworn on the dirt of graves: Sovereignty, jurisdiction and the judicial abrogation of 'Barbarous' customs in New Zealand in the 1840s

Dorsett, S

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Citation:: Journal of Legal History, 2009, 30 (2), pp. 175 - 197
Issue Date:: 2009-08-01

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dc.contributor.author	Dorsett, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3541-5164	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-08-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Legal History, 2009, 30 (2), pp. 175 - 197	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0144-0365	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/14091
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines the judicial construction of jurisdiction over Maori in the 1840s in New Zealand. Using new data, including case material and extra-judicial commentary, it examines the first decisions by the New Zealand Supreme Court on crime between Maori (crime 'inter se'). In so doing, it briefly places New Zealand in a broader context of settler colonies, and considers how colonial judges (such as Chapman J of the Supreme Court of New Zealand) fashioned the common law to fit the contingency of local circumstance, thereby playing their part in constituting local sovereignty. Finally, the article also considers the reaction of settlers to Maori crime and these decisions. © 2009 Taylor & Francis.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Legal History	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/01440360903069775	en_US
dc.title	Sworn on the dirt of graves: Sovereignty, jurisdiction and the judicial abrogation of 'Barbarous' customs in New Zealand in the 1840s	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.citation.volume	30	en_US
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utslib.for	2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
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Abstract:

This paper examines the judicial construction of jurisdiction over Maori in the 1840s in New Zealand. Using new data, including case material and extra-judicial commentary, it examines the first decisions by the New Zealand Supreme Court on crime between Maori (crime 'inter se'). In so doing, it briefly places New Zealand in a broader context of settler colonies, and considers how colonial judges (such as Chapman J of the Supreme Court of New Zealand) fashioned the common law to fit the contingency of local circumstance, thereby playing their part in constituting local sovereignty. Finally, the article also considers the reaction of settlers to Maori crime and these decisions. © 2009 Taylor & Francis.

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