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To what extent is the following observation of E Durie on traditional Maori Society still pertinent to contemporary legal issues……"Political power was vested at the basic community level, power flowed from the people up, and not from the top dow
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To what extent is the following observation of E Durie on traditional Maori Society still pertinent to contemporary legal issues......"Political power was vested at the basic community level, power flowed from the people up, and not from the top down. Control from a centralized or super-ordinate authority was antithetical to the Maori system". Justice Duries' statement in regards to the de-centralised authority of traditional Maori society is still highly pertinent to contemporary legal issues. The most pressing contemporary issue in regards to traditional Maori authority is the difficulty in not being able to deal with a centralized authority in regards to Treaty Settlement claims. The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 states that "any maori" or group of maori who consider they were prejudicially affected, or are likely to be so, by any act of commission or omission by the Crown, in breach of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi can lodge...
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