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Crossing Boundaries: Cultural, Legal, Historical and Practice Issues in Native Title
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Description for Crossing Boundaries: Cultural, Legal, Historical and Practice Issues in Native Title
Paperback. Editor(s): Toussaint, Sandy. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JHMC; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Ever since the 1992 Mabo decision put an end to the legal fiction that Australia was without owners before the arrival of the British colonisers, the work associated with resolving native title claims has developed as a significant but often difficult arena of professional practice. Increasingly, anthropologists, linguists, historians and lawyers have been encouraged to work collaboratively, often in the context of highly charged public controversy about who owns the land. In ""Crossing Boundaries"", editor Sandy Toussaint and her contributors have created a cross-disciplinary exploration of native title work. In all, twenty professionals share their experience and expertise. As Toussaint ... Read more
Ever since the 1992 Mabo decision put an end to the legal fiction that Australia was without owners before the arrival of the British colonisers, the work associated with resolving native title claims has developed as a significant but often difficult arena of professional practice. Increasingly, anthropologists, linguists, historians and lawyers have been encouraged to work collaboratively, often in the context of highly charged public controversy about who owns the land. In ""Crossing Boundaries"", editor Sandy Toussaint and her contributors have created a cross-disciplinary exploration of native title work. In all, twenty professionals share their experience and expertise. As Toussaint ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Carlton, Australia
ISBN
9780522850741
SKU
V9780522850741
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About
Sandy Toussaint is a senior lecturer in anthropology at the University of Western Australia. She has worked extensively on matters related to lands, waters and laws with Kimberley Indigenous communities. Her publications include Phyllis Kaberry and Me: Anthropology, History and Aboriginal Australia (MUP), Applied Anthropology in Australasia (co-edited with Jim Taylor), and A Jury of Whose Peers? An Examination of ... Read more
Reviews for Crossing Boundaries: Cultural, Legal, Historical and Practice Issues in Native Title
'The legal recognition of native title has given rise to issues and processes that provide challenges to anthropologists, linguists, historians and lawyers. Those issues not only cross the boundaries of these areas of expertise, but also involve the whole community.' - Fred Chaney