The Maori Magna Carta: New Zealand Law and the Treaty of Waitangi

By Paul McHugh

This work provides the first comprehensive account of the legal aspects of the Treaty of Waitangi. McHugh deals with a variety of topics ranging from basic constitutional questions to technical legal detail of Maori land tenure. He progresses to issues of relevance today, such as common law aboriginal title and the legal doctrine of the Crown's fiduciary duty, concluding with a jurisprudential epilogue.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195582268
• ISBN13: 9780195582260
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"