Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Relations
2nd Edition
Published on 5. December 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-19-031003-5 (ISBN)
Description
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Relations Second Edition considers the contact of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders with Anglo-Australian law, and deals primarily with the problems the imposed law has had in its relationship with Indigenous people in Australia.
The book is comprehensive in scope and covers key issues relating to sovereignty, jurisdiction and territorial acquisition; family law and child protection; criminal law, policing and sentencing; land rights and native title; cultural heritage, heritage protection and intellectual property; anti-discrimination law; international human rights law; constitutional law; social justice, self-determination and treaty issues.
The book is comprehensive in scope and covers key issues relating to sovereignty, jurisdiction and territorial acquisition; family law and child protection; criminal law, policing and sentencing; land rights and native title; cultural heritage, heritage protection and intellectual property; anti-discrimination law; international human rights law; constitutional law; social justice, self-determination and treaty issues.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Melbourne
Australia
Publishing group
Oxford University Press Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
692 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-031003-5 (9780190310035)
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Persons
Professor Larissa Behrendt is a Eualeyai/Kamillaroi woman. She is the Professor of Law and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Professor Chris Cunneen is Professor of Criminology in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales.
Dr Terri Libesman is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Dr Nicole Watson is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Sydney.
Professor Chris Cunneen is Professor of Criminology in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales.
Dr Terri Libesman is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Dr Nicole Watson is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Sydney.
Content
PART ONE: THE LAW OF THE COLONISERS1. Dispossession and Colonisation Terri Libesman2. Warfare to Welfare: Genocide and Racial Discrimination Terri Libesman3. Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Welfare Terri LibesmanPART TWO: EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW: CRIMINALISATION4. Juvenile Justice Chris Cunneen5. Criminalisation and Policing in Indigenous Communities Chris Cunneen6. Courts, Sentencing and Punishment Chris Cunneen7. Indigenous Women and Criminal Justice Chris CunneenPART THREE: LAW, LAND AND CULTURE8. Land Rights Nicole Watson9. Native Title Asmi Wood10. Protecting Culture Robynne QuigginPART FOUR: LAW, RIGHTS AND GOVERNANCE11. Racial Discrimination and the Law Nicole Watson12. The New Paternalism Larissa Behrendt13. A Framework for Self-Determination Larissa Behrendt14. Unfinished Business Larissa Behrendt