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Feminist Judgments of Aotearoa New Zealand: Te Rino: A Two-Stranded Rope

Feminist Judgments of Aotearoa New Zealand: Te Rino: A Two-Stranded Rope

Author: Elisabeth McDonald; Rhonda Powell; Mamari Stephens; Rosemary Hunter
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509936960

Published In: March 2020
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781509909711

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This edited collection asks how key New Zealand judgments might read if they were written by a feminist judge. Feminist judging is an emerging critical legal approach that works within the confines of common law legal method to challenge the myth of judicial neutrality and illustrate how the personal experiences and perspectives of judges may influence the reasoning and outcome of their decisions. Uniquely, this book includes a set of cases employing an approach based on mana wahine, the use of Maori values that recognise the complex realities of Maori women's lives. Through these feminist and mana wahine judgments, it opens possibilities of more inclusive judicial decision making for the future.

Part I: Introducing Te Rino: The Feminist Judgments Project Aotearoa

1. Ko Nga Muka o Te Rino: Threads of the Two-Stranded Rope - Rhonda Powell, Elisabeth McDonald, Mamari Stephens and Rosemary Hunter

2. Law in Aotearoa New Zealand - Mamari Stephens and Rhonda Powell

3. Introducing the Feminist and Mana Wahine Judgments - Rosemary Hunter, Mamari Stephens, Elisabeth McDonald and Rhonda Powell

Part II: Rights, Equality and Relationality

Civil Rights

4. Taylor v Attorney-General [2015] NZHC 1706

5. Brooker v Police [2007] NZSC 307

Social Welfare

6. Ruka v Department of Social Welfare [1997] 1 NZLR 154

7. Lawson v Housing New Zealand [1997] 2 NZLR 474

Medical Decisions