In fact, what he has now done is provide students, practitioners, the judiciary and all who live and breathe in Aotearoa New Zealand with an unputdownable, clear and rigorous examination of tikanga and its place in law.

The author, Jayden Houghton (Rereahu Maniapoto, Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi) (BA LLB(Hons), LLM (First Class Hons), PGCertHigherEd, FHEA), has set the book out in three parts.

The first part introduces the tikanga Māori legal system. It explores cosmogonic accounts, the arrival of tikanga Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand and the traditional and contemporary functions of tikanga Māori. It also explores key tikanga concepts, and processes and procedures.

The second part traces the historical and contemporary recognition of tikanga Māori in the common law and legislation; investigates the potential for hybridisation of the legal systems to distort tikanga Māori; and considers how judges might adjudicate cases that engage with tikanga Māori.

The third part explores tikanga Māori as a legal system, its relationship with the state legal system, and collisions between the two systems in over 50 case studies. The case studies are organised by subject area in 18 chapters: Criminal Law; Procedure and Evidence; Constitutional Law; Administrative Law; Law of Torts; Law of Contract; Employment Law; Family Law; Equity, Trusts and Succession; Land Law; Environmental Law; Local Government Law; Corporate Law; Tax Law; Competition Law; Intellectual Property; Legal Education; and Legal Ethics.

Each chapter presents discussion questions for readers to consider and discuss and contains over 500 Kōrerorero questions in total.

 It is a big book with refreshingly digestible content, easy to navigate and robust. It will be out in April, so bring forward your birthday and get the people that love you to order you a copy or two very soon.

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