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Indigenous legal relations in Australia
Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander legal relations / Larissa Behrendt, Chris Cunneen, Terri Libesman, Nicole Watson.
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Title:[Indigenous legal relations in Australia]
Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander legal relations / Larissa Behrendt, Chris Cunneen, Terri Libesman, Nicole Watson.
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Author/Creator:Behrendt, Larissa, author.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Cunneen, Chris, 1953- author.
Libesman, Terry, author.
Watson, Nicole, author.
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Published/Created:Victoria, Australia : Oxford University Press, 2019.
©2019
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Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
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Call Number: KU519.I64 B44 2019
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Aboriginal Australians--Legal status, laws, etc.
Torres Strait Islanders--Legal status, laws, etc.
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Edition:Second edition.
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Description:xxi, 381 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Summary:"[This book] 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...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."-- Publisher's website.
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Notes:First published 2009 under the title "Indigenous legal relations in Australia", Oxford University Press.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-361) and index.
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ISBN:0190310030 paperback
9780190310035 paperback
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Contents:Preface
Dispossesion and colonisation / Terri Libesman
Warfare to welfare : genocide to racial discrimination / Terri Libesman
Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children's welfare / Terri Libesman
Juvenile justice / Chris Cunneen
Criminalisation and policing in indigenous communities / Chris Cunneen
Courts, sentencing and punishment / Chris Cunneen
Indigenous women and criminal justice / Chris Cunneen
Land rights / Nicole Watson
Native title / Asmi Wood
Maintain, control, support, protect and develop cultural heritage / Robynne Quiggin
Racial discrimination and the law / Nicole Watson
The new paternalism / Larissa Behrendt
A framework of self-determination / Larrisa Behrendt
Unfinished business / Larissa Behrendt.