Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Relations

by Behrendt, Larissa; Cunneen, Chris; Libesman, Terri

• ISBN13: 9780190310035
• ISBN10: 0190310030
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-05-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Relations Second Edition 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 is comprehensive in scope and 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.

Author Biography

Larissa Behrendt, Professor, University of Technology Sydney,Chris Cunneen, Professor, University of New South Wales,Terri Libesman, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney

Professor Larissa Behrendt is a Eualeyai/Kamillaroi woman. She is the Professor of Law and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Professor Chris Cunneen is Professor of Criminology in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales.

Dr Terri Libesman is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Dr Nicole Watson is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Sydney.