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Record Nr.

UNINA9910993907703321

Autore

Watson Irene

Titolo

Aboriginal Peoples, Colonialism and International Law: Raw Law

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Routledge

ISBN

9781317938361

1317938364

Edizione

[1st]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Collana

Law and the Postcolonial

Disciplina

342.940872

Soggetti

Law, Aboriginal Australian

Aboriginal Australians

Indigenous peoples (International law)

Philosophy, Aboriginal Australian

Law - Indigenous

Law - International law

Colonisation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This work assesses the legality and impact of colonisation from the viewpoint of Aboriginal law, rather than from that of the dominant Western legal tradition. It begins by outlining the Aboriginal legal system as it is embedded in Aboriginal people's complex relationship with their ancestral lands.