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Indigenous Legal Judgments: Bringing Indigenous Voices into Judicial Decision Making

Indigenous Legal Judgments: Bringing Indigenous Voices into Judicial Decision Making

Author: Nicole Watson; Heather Douglas
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367467456

Published In: June 2021
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781032004815

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This book is a collection of key legal decisions affecting Indigenous Australians, which have been re-imagined so as to be inclusive of Indigenous people’s stories, historical experience, perspectives and worldviews.

In this groundbreaking work, Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars have collaborated to rewrite 16 key decisions. Spanning from 1889 to 2017, the judgments reflect the trajectory of Indigenous people’s engagements with Australian law. The collection includes decisions that laid the foundation for the wrongful application of terra nullius and the long disavowal of native title. Contributors have also challenged narrow judicial interpretations of native title, which have denied recognition to Indigenous people who suffered the prolonged impacts of dispossession. Exciting new voices have reclaimed Australian law to deliver justice to the Stolen Generations and to families who have experienced institutional and police racism. Contributors have shown how judicial officers can use their power to challenge systemic racism and tell the stories of Indigenous people who have been dehumanised by the criminal justice system.

The new judgments are characterised by intersectional perspectives which draw on postcolonial, critical race and whiteness theories. Several scholars have chosen to operate within the parameters of legal doctrine. Some have imagined new truth-telling forums, highlighting the strength and creative resistance of Indigenous people to oppression and exclusion. Others have rejected the possibility that the legal system, which has been integral to settler-colonialism, can ever deliver meaningful justice to Indigenous people.

Foreword by Megan Davis

1. Introduction

Nicole Watson and Heather Douglas

Part 1: Sovereignty

Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd (1971) 17 FLR 141.

Essay: Oscar Monaghan

Cooper v Stuart (1889) 14 App Cas 286.

Commentary: Eddie Synot and Roshan de Silva-Wijeyeratne

Judgment: Eddie Synot and Roshan de Silva-Wijeyeratne

Walker v NSW (1994) 182 CLR 45

Commentary: Tanya Mitchell and Amanda Porter

Judgment: Amanda Porter and Tanya Mitchell

Part 2: Land and Sea Country

Tickner v Chapman (1995) 57 FCR 451.

Commentary: Narelle Bedford and Peter Billings

Judgment: Narelle Bedford and Peter Billings

Members of the Yorta Yorta Abriginal Community v Victoria [2002] HCA 58.

Commentary: Simon Young

Judgment: Marcelle Burns

Akiba on behalf of the Torres Strait Regional Sea Claims Group v Commonwealth of Australia (2013) HCA 33.

Commentary: Alison Whittaker

Judgment: Virginia Marshall

Part 3: Racism and Discrimination

Kartinyeri v Commonwealth [1998] HCA 22.

Commentary: Larissa Behrendt and Taryn Lee

Judgment: Larissa Behrendt and Taryn Lee

Commissioner of Corrective Services v Aldridge (No.

2) [2002] NSWADTAP 6.

Commentary: Debbie Bargallie and Jennifer Nielsen

Judgment: Jennifer Nielsen and Debbie Bargallie

Eatock v Bolt [2011] FCA 1103.

Commentary: Simon Rice

Poem and Note: Alison Whittaker

Part 4: Family and Identity

Dempsey v Rigg (1914) St R Qld 245.

Commentary: Trudie Broderick

Judgment: Nicole Watson

State of South Australia v Lampard-Trevorrow [2010] SASC 56.

Commentary: Terri Libesman

Judgment: Kirsten Gray

Backford & Backford and Anor (No 2) [2017] FamCAFC 206.

Commentary: Keryn Ruska and Zoe Rathus

Judgment: Keryn Ruska and Zoe Rathus

Part 5: Criminalisation and Criminal Neglect

Roach v Electoral Commissioner [2007] HCA 43.

Commentary: Jonathan Crowe and Dani Larkin.

Judgment: Dani Larkin and Jonathan Crowe.

Nona v Barnes [2012] QCA 346.

Commentary: Heather Douglas and Heron Loban

Judgment: Heron Loban and Heather Douglas, translation Deenorah Yellub.

Bugmy v R [2013] HCA 37.

Commentary: Mary Spiers Williams

Judgment: Mary Spiers Williams

Report of the Inquest into the Death of Miss Dhu (Perth, 16 December 2016).

Commentary: Suvendrini Perera

Judgment: Hannah McGlade

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