Native title has often been one of the most controversial political, legal and indeed moral issues in Australia. Ever since the High Court's Mabo decision of 1992, the attempt to understand and adapt native title to different contexts and claims has been an ongoing concern for that broad range...

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Main Author:	Sutton, Peter 1946- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003
Subjects:	Aborigines Politik Recht Aboriginal Australians / Land tenure Aboriginal Australians / Civil rights Aboriginal Australians / Legal status, laws, etc Land tenure / Law and legislation / Australia Native title (Australia) Customary law / Australia Bodenrecht Australien Australia / Race relations Australia / Social policy Australia / Politics and government Torres Strait Islands
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	Native title has often been one of the most controversial political, legal and indeed moral issues in Australia. Ever since the High Court's Mabo decision of 1992, the attempt to understand and adapt native title to different contexts and claims has been an ongoing concern for that broad range of people involved with claims. In this book, originally published in 2003, Peter Sutton sets out fundamental anthropological issues to do with customary rights, kinship, identity, spirituality and so on that are relevant for lawyers and others working on title claims. Sutton offers a critical discussion of anthropological findings in the field of Aboriginal traditional interests in land and waters, focusing on the kinds of customary rights that are 'held' in Aboriginal 'countries', the types of groups whose members have been found to enjoy those rights, and how such groups have fared over the last 200 years of Australian history
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xx, 279 pages)
ISBN:	9780511481635
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511481635