Nan Seuffert

Jurisprudence of National Identity

Kaleidoscopes of Imperialism and Globalisation from Aotearoa New Zealand

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Produktbeschreibung

Presenting a unique blend of historical and contemporary research from a range of interdisciplinary and theoretical analysis, this book examines the intersection of 'race', gender and national identity. Focusing on New Zealand, the book highlights the ways in which shifts in national identity shape and limit legal claims for redress for historical racial injustices internationally.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 278g
• ISBN-13: 9781138358263
• ISBN-10: 1138358266
• Artikelnr.: 63657871

Autorenporträt

Nan Seuffert is Professor at the School of Law, University of Waikato, New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Interventions: law, postcoloniality, nation, 'race' and gender
Foundations: law's deceptions and 'good citizens' of free trade imperialism
Jurisdiction: colonial marriage law, concubinage and polygamy
Race purity in an emerging nation: orientalism, law, policy, immigration and Maori
Nation as partnership: treaty settlements in the glare of globalisation
Producing race and gender through national identity in law
White women leading the nation: shifting law and policy terrain, cleaning up the mess
Immigration: anxiety, paradox and belligerence
Convergences and divergences
References
Index.