Indigenous Legal Judgments

Name: Indigenous Legal Judgments
Brand: Taylor & Francis > University of Technology Sydney

Taylor & Francis > University of Technology Sydney

Indigenous Legal JudgmentsBringing Indigenous Voices into Judicial Decision Making\nAuthor(s): Nicole Watson, Heather Douglas\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367467456, 978-0367467456\nSynopsis\nThis book is a collection of key legal decisions affecting Indigenous Australians, which have been re-imagined so as to be inclusive of Indigenous peoples stories, historical experience, perspectives and worldviews.\n\nIn this groundbreaking work, Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars have collaborated to rewrite 16 key decisions. Spanning from 1889 to 2017, the judgments reflect the trajectory of Indigenous peoples engagements with Australian law. The collection includes decisions that laid the foundation for the wrongful application of terra nullius and the long disavowal of native title. Contributors have also challenged narrow judicial interpretations of native title, which have denied recognition to Indigenous peo.