ISBN:
9780230316508
Language:
English
Pages:
XVI, 260 S.
,
Kt.
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Palgrave Macmillan socio-legal studies
DDC:
342.940872
Keywords:
Aboriginal Australians Legal status, laws, etc
;
Aboriginal Australians Criminal justice system
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Australien
;
Indigenes Volk
;
Strafrecht
;
Rechtsstellung
Abstract:
"In a break from the contemporary focus on the law's response to inter-racial crime, the authors examine the law's approach to the victimization of one Indigenous person by another. Drawing on a wealth of archival material relating to homicides in Australia, they conclude that settlers and Indigenous peoples still live in the shadow of empire"--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
"In a break from the contemporary focus on the law's response to inter-racial crime, the authors examine the law's approach to the victimization of one Indigenous person by another. Drawing on a wealth of archival material relating to homicides in Australia, they conclude that settlers and Indigenous peoples still live in the shadow of empire"--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
"Troublesome friends and dangerous enemies" -- Amenable to the law -- The exercise of jurisdiction -- A question of custom -- Equality before the law -- Towards formal recognition -- "Benign pessimism" : a national emergency.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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