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- First Page
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright and Imprint Information
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Introduction: The rahui: A tool for environmental protection or for political assertion?
- Part I – Tapu and rahui: Traditions and pluralistic organisation of society
- 1. Political power and rahui in ancient Polynesian society
- 2. Ancient magic and religious trends of the rāhui on the atoll of Anaa, Tuamotu
- 3. Tapu and kahui in the Marquesas
- 4. I uta i tai — a preliminary account of ra’ui on Mangaia, Cook Islands
- 5. Technical exploitation and ‘ritual’ management of resources in Napuka and Tepoto (Tuamotu Archipelago)
- 6. The law of rahui in the Society Islands
- Part II – Rahui today as state‑custom pluralism
- 7. Protection of natural resources through a sacred prohibition: The rahui on Rapa iti
- 8. From traditional to modern management in Fakarava
- 9. European contact and systems of governance on Tongareva
- 10. Traditional marine resources and their use in contemporary Hawai‘i
- 11. Providing for rāhui in the law of Aotearoa New Zealand
- 12. Uncanny rights and the ambiguity of state authority in the Gambier Islands
- Conclusion: What are the lessons to be learned from the rahui and legal pluralism? The political and environmental efficacy of legal pluralism
- Postscript: What are the consequences of rahui?
- References
