UTU: Finding a balance for the legal maori dictionary

UTU: Finding a balance for the legal maori dictionary

This article describes the authors' experience of attempting to confine the word utu to a list of distinct, Western legal glosses. The article highlights the complexity involved in drafting a comprehensive legal dictionary entry for utu that achieves an appropriate balance between the tradition...

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Veröffentlicht in:Victoria University of Wellington law review 2011-08, Vol.42 (2), p.201-219
Hauptverfasser: Ahu, Tai, Hoare, Rachael, Stephens, Māmari
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Comparative law
Customary law
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Evaluation
Law
Legal literature
Maori language
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Zusammenfassung:This article describes the authors' experience of attempting to confine the word utu to a list of distinct, Western legal glosses. The article highlights the complexity involved in drafting a comprehensive legal dictionary entry for utu that achieves an appropriate balance between the traditional customary meanings and Western legal meanings.
ISSN:1171-042X
1179-3082
DOI:10.26686/vuwlr.v42i2.5137