Damen Ward
Biographic Data
| ID | 5635833 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Damen Ward |
| GIVEN NAMES | Damen |
| FAMILY NAME | Ward |
| SIGNATURE | WARD D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Crown Law Office, Wellington, New Zealand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Territory, Jurisdiction, and Colonial Governance
Britain claimed full territorial sovereignty over New Zealand, even though substantive enforcement of its authority against Maori often faced significant challenges. Alarmed at the weakness of British governance in relation to Maori, Governor Thomas Gore Browne proposed a Native Offenders Bill. The Bill proposed giving the New Zealand Governor sweeping powers to ban ‘any communication’ or trade with any Maori within a specified district, or with …
Constructing British Authority in Australasia
In 1840 the South Australian judge Charles Cooper wrote an opinion in which he suggested that Aborigines who had not been in contact with British settlers were not within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The resulting controversy led the Colonial Office to clarify its view on the subjecthood of Aborigines within the colony and the colonial courts' jurisdiction over all subjects in the colony. The criminal jurisdiction of the Supreme Court o…
A Means and Measure of Civilisation
British commentators on colonial policy in the early to mid‐nineteenth century often treated the existence of indigenous customary law and adjudicative forums as an indication of ‘civilisation’. However, not all customary laws were considered ‘civilised’ enough to be acknowledged by the British authorities. Furthermore, most British policy and debate was assimilationist. This article surveys two different assimilationist approaches. ‘Exceptionali…
A Means and Measure of Civilisation
British commentators on colonial policy in the early to mid‐nineteenth century often treated the existence of indigenous customary law and adjudicative forums as an indication of ‘civilisation’. However, not all customary laws were considered ‘civilised’ enough to be acknowledged by the British authorities. Furthermore, most British policy and debate was assimilationist. This article surveys two different assimilationist approaches. ‘Exceptionali…
A Means and Measure of Civilisation
British commentators on colonial policy in the early to mid‐nineteenth century often treated the existence of indigenous customary law and adjudicative forums as an indication of ‘civilisation’. However, not all customary laws were considered ‘civilised’ enough to be acknowledged by the British authorities. Furthermore, most British policy and debate was assimilationist. This article surveys two different assimilationist approaches. ‘Exceptionali…
Constructing British Authority in Australasia
In 1840 the South Australian judge Charles Cooper wrote an opinion in which he suggested that Aborigines who had not been in contact with British settlers were not within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The resulting controversy led the Colonial Office to clarify its view on the subjecthood of Aborigines within the colony and the colonial courts' jurisdiction over all subjects in the colony. The criminal jurisdiction of the Supreme Court o…
Territory, Jurisdiction, and Colonial Governance
Britain claimed full territorial sovereignty over New Zealand, even though substantive enforcement of its authority against Maori often faced significant challenges. Alarmed at the weakness of British governance in relation to Maori, Governor Thomas Gore Browne proposed a Native Offenders Bill. The Bill proposed giving the New Zealand Governor sweeping powers to ban ‘any communication’ or trade with any Maori within a specified district, or with …
Colonialism (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Australian History and Society (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Jurisdiction (2 works) · Law in Society and Culture (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)