Rights and redemption: History, Law and Indigenous People

This book examines the role of history in key Indigenous rights cases which occurred during the era of the Howard government, when Indigenous rights and the place of Aboriginal people in the national story were repudiated in a variety of government laws and policies. The book investigates how the co...

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1. Verfasser: Curthoys, Ann (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Sydney University of NSW Press 2008
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Zusammenfassung:This book examines the role of history in key Indigenous rights cases which occurred during the era of the Howard government, when Indigenous rights and the place of Aboriginal people in the national story were repudiated in a variety of government laws and policies. The book investigates how the courts have made use of historians as expert witnesses, and how the colonial past has been framed and understood by the courts. This is an important historical record of a unique period of litigation in Indigenous affairs in Australia
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (293 pages)
ISBN:9781742230221
9780868408071

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