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Indigenous Crime and Settler Law H. Douglas

Indigenous Crime and Settler Law By H. Douglas

Indigenous Crime and Settler Law by H. Douglas

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In a break from the contemporary focus on the law's response to inter-racial crime, the authors examine the law's approach to the victimization of one Indigenous person by another. Drawing on a wealth of archival material relating to homicides in Australia, they conclude that settlers and Indigenous peoples still live in the shadow of empire.

Indigenous Crime and Settler Law Summary

Indigenous Crime and Settler Law: White Sovereignty after Empire by H. Douglas

In a break from the contemporary focus on the law's response to inter-racial crime, the authors examine the law's approach to the victimization of one Indigenous person by another. Drawing on a wealth of archival material relating to homicides in Australia, they conclude that settlers and Indigenous peoples still live in the shadow of empire.

Indigenous Crime and Settler Law Reviews

"Heather Douglas and Mark Finnane expose the myth of 'perfect sovereignty' in Australia in this important book. Their meticulous historical study demonstrates that although, according to international law, the English acquired sovereignty over the entire continent upon settlement...the exertion of sovereignty and the exercise of criminal jurisdiction over Indigenous people has been, in practice, uneven, piecemeal and imperfect." - Tanya Mitchell, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Volume 25 Number 2

About H. Douglas

HEATHER DOUGLAS is a professor at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

MARK FINNANE is ARC Australian Professorial Fellow and Chief Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security, Griffith University, Australia.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Histories.-'Troublesome Friends and Dangerous Enemies'.-Amenable to the Law.-The Exercise of Jurisdiction.-A Question of Custom.-Equality Before the Law.-Towards Formal Recognition.-'Benign Pessimism': A National Emergency.-Conclusion: Sovereignties.

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NPB9780230316508
9780230316508
0230316506
Indigenous Crime and Settler Law: White Sovereignty after Empire by H. Douglas
H. Douglas
Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2012-08-21
280
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