| ISBN |
9780190310035 (paperback) |
| Name |
Behrendt, Larissa author. |
| Title |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal relations / Larissa Behrendt, Chris Cunneen, Terri Libesman, Nicole Watson. |
| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Published |
Docklands, Victoria : Oxford University Press, 2019. |
| ©2019 |
| Description |
xxi, 381 pages : charts ; 25 cm. |
| Notes |
First published in 2009. |
| Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-361) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Dispossession and Colonisation -- 2. Warfare to Welfare: Genocide and Racial Discrimination -- 3. Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Welfare -- 4. Juvenile Justice -- 5. Criminalisation and Policing in Indigenous Communities -- 6. Courts, Sentencing and Punishment -- 7. Indigenous Women and the criminal justice system -- 8. Land Rights -- 9. Native Title -- 10. Protecting Culture -- 11. Racial Discrimination and the Law -- 12. The New Paternalism -- 13. A framework for Self Determination -- 14. Unfinished Business. |
| Summary |
"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." |
| Subjects |
Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc |
| Torres Strait Islanders -- Legal status, laws, etc |
| Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations |
| Indigenous peoples (International law) |
| Other Names |
Cunneen, Chris, 1953- author. |
| Libesman, Terri author. |
| Watson, Nicole, 1973- author. |
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