While Indigenous paramountcy and individual equality are not necessarily incompatible, the state has historically secured Indigenous paramountcy over individual equality. |
But that case has specifically been addressed and does give paramountcy to the band law. |
Within the last 20 years, this paramountcy provision has been adopted by all of the major engineering societies. |
Others are couched in more general terms, often directed to ensuring the continued paramountcy of certain domestic legal provisions. |
So this bill will specifically provide for paramountcy of the band law over the Governor in Council law. |
It was a post-unification strategy that also maintained security of individual islands against possible threats to Kamehameha's paramountcy. |