Indigenous Legal Relations in Australia

Download or read book Indigenous Legal Relations in Australia written by Larissa Behrendt and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book looks at Indigenous peoples' contact with Anglo-Australian law, and deals primarily with the problems the imposed law has had in its relationship with Indigenous people in Australia. This is supplemented by comparative sections on Indigenous peoples' experience of imposed law in other settler jurisdictions such as NZ, Canada and the US. The book covers 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."--From information provided by publisher.