An edition of Mabo in the courts (2011)

Mabo in the courts

Islander tradition to native title : a memoir

Mabo in the courts
Bryan Keon-Cohen, Bryan Keon-C ...
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An edition of Mabo in the courts (2011)

Mabo in the courts

Islander tradition to native title : a memoir

'Mabo in the Courts' is the story of a court case that is a landmark in Australian legal and political history. Narrated by an insider, a lawyer who acted for the plaintiffs, it is at once a memoir and a factual account of dramatic, long-drawn-out, unlikely legal proceedings. The author has also set it against his reflections on the culture and history of the Meriam people of the Torres Strait; his client Eddie Mabo's motivations and premature death; the cut-and-thrust of exchanges between contesting counsel, and between counsel and judges; the effects on the proceedings of political influence and pressure; and the legacy of the High Court's decision, twenty years on. The Mabo Case was a quest for justice by a group of Murray Islanders. In the history of the common law, scores of other cases dealing with Indigenous land rights have been heard in the courts of the former British Empire, and from the Indigenous perspective some were won, some were lost. Mabo, most importantly, was the first of such cases to succeed in Australia.

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Publisher
Chancery Bold
Language
English
Pages
608

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Table of Contents

Volume 1: Part 1. A test case begins
Part 2. Queensland's king hit
Part 3. The trial: phase one
Part 4. Mabo (No 1)
Part 5. The trial: phase 2 and determination
Part 6. Mabo (No 2).
Volume 2: Appendices.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
North Melbourne, Vic
Series
Studies in idigenous history and culture

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
346.0432
Library of Congress
DU124.L35 K46 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
2 v. (xxvii, 608; vi, 191 p.) :
Number of pages
608

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25247806M
ISBN 10
1921875216
ISBN 13
9781921875212
LCCN
2012358413
OCLC/WorldCat
753586466

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL16558850W

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