Aboriginal Peoples, Colonialism and International Law
This work is the first to assess 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 an...
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| description | This work is the first to assess 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. This is Raw Law: a natural system of obligations and benefits, flowing from an Aboriginal ontology. This book places Raw Law at the centre of an analysis of colonisation – thereby decentring the usual analytical tendency to privilege the dominant structures and concepts of Western law. From the perspective of Aboriginal law, colonisation was a violation of the code of political and social conduct embodied in Raw Law. Its effects were damaging. It forced Aboriginal peoples to violate their own principles of natural responsibility to self, community, country and future existence. But this book is not simply a work of mourning. Most profoundly, it is a celebration of the resilience of Aboriginal ways, and a call for these to be recognised as central in discussions of colonial and postcolonial legality. Written by an experienced legal practitioner, scholar and political activist, AboriginalPeoples, Colonialism and International Law: Raw Law will be of interest to students and researchers of Indigenous Peoples Rights, International Law and Critical Legal Theory. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1585902025-06-27T05:18:22Z Aboriginal Peoples, Colonialism and International Law Watson, Irene Northern Territory National Emergency Response Aboriginal Relation Ship Civilization Doreen Kartinyeri Colonialism Colonization Native Title International Law Territory Law Photography Raw Law Western Mining Corporation Modernity Inuit Government Christianity Military Silk Public International Law Common Language Anthropology Hindmarsh Island Governance Kevin Buzzacott Settlement Yorta Yorta Disease Ongoing Colonial Project Genocide thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNS Property law: general::LNSH Land and real estate law / Real property law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAZ Legal history thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNT Social law and Medical law This work is the first to assess 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. This is Raw Law: a natural system of obligations and benefits, flowing from an Aboriginal ontology. This book places Raw Law at the centre of an analysis of colonisation – thereby decentring the usual analytical tendency to privilege the dominant structures and concepts of Western law. From the perspective of Aboriginal law, colonisation was a violation of the code of political and social conduct embodied in Raw Law. Its effects were damaging. It forced Aboriginal peoples to violate their own principles of natural responsibility to self, community, country and future existence. But this book is not simply a work of mourning. Most profoundly, it is a celebration of the resilience of Aboriginal ways, and a call for these to be recognised as central in discussions of colonial and postcolonial legality. Written by an experienced legal practitioner, scholar and political activist, AboriginalPeoples, Colonialism and International Law: Raw Law will be of interest to students and researchers of Indigenous Peoples Rights, International Law and Critical Legal Theory. 2025-04-18T04:13:19Z 2025-04-18T04:13:19Z 2025-04-17T14:54:04Z 2014 book ONIX_20250417_9781317938378_2 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/100961 9781317938378 9781317938354 9780415721752 9781315858999 9781317938361 9781138685963 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/158590 eng Indigenous Peoples and the Law open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/100961/1/9781317938378.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/100961/1/9781317938378.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/100961/12/9781317938378.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781315858999 10.4324/9781315858999 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781317938378 9781317938354 9780415721752 9781315858999 9781317938361 9781138685963 Routledge 204 Oxford open access |
| spellingShingle | Northern Territory National Emergency Response Aboriginal Relation Ship Civilization Doreen Kartinyeri Colonialism Colonization Native Title International Law Territory Law Photography Raw Law Western Mining Corporation Modernity Inuit Government Christianity Military Silk Public International Law Common Language Anthropology Hindmarsh Island Governance Kevin Buzzacott Settlement Yorta Yorta Disease Ongoing Colonial Project Genocide thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNS Property law: general::LNSH Land and real estate law / Real property law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAZ Legal history thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNT Social law and Medical law Watson, Irene Aboriginal Peoples, Colonialism and International Law |
| title | Aboriginal Peoples, Colonialism and International Law |
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| title_short | Aboriginal Peoples, Colonialism and International Law |
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| topic | Northern Territory National Emergency Response Aboriginal Relation Ship Civilization Doreen Kartinyeri Colonialism Colonization Native Title International Law Territory Law Photography Raw Law Western Mining Corporation Modernity Inuit Government Christianity Military Silk Public International Law Common Language Anthropology Hindmarsh Island Governance Kevin Buzzacott Settlement Yorta Yorta Disease Ongoing Colonial Project Genocide thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNS Property law: general::LNSH Land and real estate law / Real property law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAZ Legal history thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNT Social law and Medical law |
| topic_facet | Northern Territory National Emergency Response Aboriginal Relation Ship Civilization Doreen Kartinyeri Colonialism Colonization Native Title International Law Territory Law Photography Raw Law Western Mining Corporation Modernity Inuit Government Christianity Military Silk Public International Law Common Language Anthropology Hindmarsh Island Governance Kevin Buzzacott Settlement Yorta Yorta Disease Ongoing Colonial Project Genocide thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNS Property law: general::LNSH Land and real estate law / Real property law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAZ Legal history thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNT Social law and Medical law |
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