Native title in Australia [electronic resource] : an ethnographic perspective / Peter Sutton.

ISBN:

9780511184369

9780511166198

9780511165061

9780511162664

9780511481635

9780521812580

Title:

Native title in Australia [electronic resource] : an ethnographic perspective / Peter Sutton.

Author:

Sutton, Peter, 1946-

Personal Author:

Sutton, Peter, 1946-

Publication Information:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 279 pages) : illustrations, map

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Kinds of rights in country; 2 Local organisation before the land claims era; 3 Aboriginal country groups; 4 Atomism versus collectivism; 5 Underlying and proximate customary titles; 6 The system question; 7 Kinship, filiation and Aboriginal land tenure; 8 Families of polity; Notes; References; Index.

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Subject Term:

Indigenous peoples -- Australia.

Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure.

Aboriginal Australians -- Civil rights.

Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc.

Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Native title (Australia)

Customary law -- Australia.

Geographic Term:

Australia -- Race relations.

Australia -- Social policy.

Australia -- Politics and government.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2003

Publication Information:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

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Summary

Peter Sutton highlights fundamental anthropological issues concerned with customary rights, kinship, identity and spirituality that are highly relevant to land claim cases. Native land claims continue to be one of the most controversial political, legal and moral issues in contemporary Australia. Ever since the High Court's Mabo decision of 1992, the attempt to understand and adapt "native title" to different contexts and claims has been an ongoing concern for all involved.