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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Relations

Name: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Relations
Brand: Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand
SKU: 9780190310035
Price: 798.00 HKD
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Author: Larissa Behrendt; Terri Libesman
ISBN: 9780190310035

Edited by Larissa Behrendt · Terri Libesman

Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand March 2019

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9780190310035
Publisher: Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand
Publication: March 2019
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: Australia ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

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.

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