The 'principles of the Treaty of Waitangi'
The constitutional basis of the crown's sovereignty over New Zealand and the Maori tribes
The common law sources of Maori rights and a brief legal history of Maori land
The legal status of Maori customary law
The legal status of Maori property rights: common law aboriginal title
Treaty rights and the common law: the treaty as a self-contained source of rights
Treaty rights and international law
The fiduciary duty of the crown to the Maori tribes
The principles of statutory interpretation, administrative law and practice and the Treaty of Waitangi
Introduction: parliament and Maori rights
The Treaty of Waitangi Act: the Waitangi tribunal
The Maori Affairs Act 1953: the Maori courts and Maori land tenure
A jurisprudential epilogue: 'law', 'rights', 'principles', conspiracies, and the Treaty of Waitangi.