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• Title:A Mabo memoir : islan kustom to Native Title / Bryan Keon-Cohen.
  
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• Author/Creator:Keon-Cohen, Bryan, 1945- author.
  
• Published/Created:Malvern, Vic. : Zemvic Press, 2013.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KU2562 .K466 2013
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Mabo, Edward, 1936-1992--Trials, litigation, etc.
  Australia. High Court. Mabo and others v. State of Queensland.
  Native title (Australia)
  Torres Strait Islanders--Land tenure.
  Torres Strait Islanders--Legal status, laws, etc.
  Aboriginal Australians--Land tenure.
  Aboriginal Australians--Legal status, laws, etc.
  Land tenure--Law and legislation--Australia.
  Queensland--Trials, litigation, etc.
  
• Edition:2nd edition.
  
• Description:xxviii, 679 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), facsimiles ; 24 cm
  
• Notes:First published 2011 as "Mabo in the courts: Islander tradition to native title: a memoir", Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2 Vols.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 639-652) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780646591612 (hardback)
  0646591614 (hardback)
  
• Contents:Part I.A test case begins
  1. Historical background
  2. Birth of a revolution
  3. Pleadings and particulars
  Part II. Queensland's king hit
  4. A rough Queensland Act
  5. Demurrer dithering
  6. Preparation and pain
  7. Further rulings on admissibility
  Part IV. Mabo (No 1)
  8. The demurrer interregnum
  Part V. The trial: phase two and determination
  9. Returning to trial
  10. Mabo cross-examined
  11. The great northern expedition
  12. Reaching for the stars
  13. Queensland's evidence
  14. The trial: final submissions
  15. The determination
  Part VI. Mabo (No 2)
  16. The High Court at last
  17. Days of judgement
  18. Aftermath and afterthoughts.