Aboriginal customary laws : background papers /

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Imprint:Perth, Western Australia : Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, [2006]
Description:iv, 580 p. ; 30 cm.
Language:English
Series:Project / Law Reform Commission of Western Australia no. 94
Project (Law Reform Commission of Western Australia) ; no. 94.
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6058871
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Other authors / contributors:Law Reform Commission of Western Australia.
ISBN:1740350529 (pbk.)
Notes:"January 2006."
Includes bibliographical references.
Also available on the Internet.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The approach of Australian courts to Aboriginal customary law in the areas of criminal, civil and family law / Victoria Williams
  • 2. Caught in the middle: Indigenous interpreters and customary law / Michael Cooke
  • 3. The value of a benchmarking framework to the reduction of Indigenous disadvantage in the law and justice area / Greg Marks
  • 4. Family law and customary law / Tony Buti, Lisa Young
  • 5. Aboriginal customary laws reference - an overview / John Toohey
  • 6. Contemporary issues facing customary law and the general legal system: Roebourne - a case study / Kathryn Trees
  • 7. Aboriginal people and justice services: plans, programs and delivery / Neil Morgan, Joanne Motteram
  • 8. A new way of doing justice business? Community justice mechanisms and sustainable governance in Western Australia / Harry Blagg
  • 9. Aboriginal customary law: can it be recognised? / Greg McIntyre
  • 10. International human rights law and the recognition of Aboriginal customary law / Megan Davis, Hannah McGlade
  • 11. Customary law, human rights and international law: some conceptual issues / Chris Cunneen, Melanie Schwartz
  • 12. Indigenous cultural and intellectual property and customary law / Terri Janke, Robynne Quiggin
  • 13. Aboriginal women's interests in customary law recognition / Catherine Wohlan
  • 14. Aboriginal customary law in the context of Western Australian constitutional law / Steven Churches
  • 15. Aboriginal people, criminal law and sentencing / Philip Vincent.