Australian native title anthropology : strategic practice, the law and the state / / Kingsley Palmer

• Autore: Palmer Kingsley <1946->
• Pubblicazione: Acton, Australia : , : Australian National University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 285 pages) : illustrations, map
• Disciplina: 346.940432
• Soggetto topico: Native title (Australia) - Law and legislation; Aboriginal Australians
• Nota di contenuto: Certainty and uncertainty: Native title anthropology; The society question; Customary rights to country; Exercise of native title rights; Aboriginal religion and native title; Native title research and oral testimony; Early texts and other sources; Native title disputes; Genealogies; Compensation; The art of the possible
• Sommario/riassunto: The Australian Federal Native Title Act 1993 marked a revolution in the recognition of the rights of Australia’s Indigenous peoples. The legislation established a means whereby Indigenous Australians could make application to the Federal Court for the recognition of their rights to traditional country. The fiction that Australia was terra nullius (or ‘void country’), which had prevailed since European settlement, was overturned. The ensuing legal cases, mediated resolutions and agreements made within the terms of the Native Title Act quickly proved the importance of having sound, scholarly and well-researched anthropology conducted with claimants so that the fundamentals of the claims made could be properly established. In turn, this meant that those opposing the claims would also benefit from anthropological expertise.
• Titolo autorizzato: Australian native title anthropology
• ISBN: 1-76046-188-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910275024103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II