Justice And Warfare In Aboriginal Australia

Meticulously examining ethnographic sources, Christophe Darmangeat argues that warfare among Australian Aborigines was mostly an extension of their judicial systems. He demonstrates how violent conflict occurred when circumstances prohibited regulated proceedings.

Gumbert examines the social and legal underpinnings of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 and the anthropological models of social organization underlying the presentation of claims under the act. In addition, he presents his own alternative model of Australian Aboriginal social organization and tests it against the requirements of the act as well as against evidence presented in a number of land claims ..."--Review, D.B. Rose.

Culture.

Collection of essays with contributors from Canada, New Zealand and Australia; examines impact of legal and criminal justice systems on Indigenous peoples; places contemporary events in historical context; significant influences and similarities noted; essays on Australian experience annotated individually.

A transnational history of how Indigenous peoples mobilised en masse to support the war effort on the battlefields and the home fronts.

Land rights movement state-by-state; education; employment; housing; police brutality; demands for future; Pennu Community; Moree.

Delgamuukw. Mabo. Ngati Apa. Recent cases have created a framework for litigating Aboriginal title in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The distinguished group of scholars whose work is showcased here, however, shows that our understanding of where the concept of Aboriginal title came from – and where it may be going – can also be enhanced by exploring legal developments in these former British colonies in a comparative, multidisciplinary framework. This path-breaking book offers a perspective on Aboriginal title that extends beyond national borders to consider similar developments in common law countries.