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Indigenous Crime and Settler Law: White Sovereignty after Empire (Palgrave MacMillan Socio-Legal Studies)
Douglas, Heather, Finnane, Mark
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Description for Indigenous Crime and Settler Law: White Sovereignty after Empire (Palgrave MacMillan Socio-Legal Studies)
Hardcover. 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. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; LNFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 560.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230316508
SKU
V9780230316508
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99-15
About Douglas, Heather, Finnane, Mark
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.
Reviews for Indigenous Crime and Settler Law: White Sovereignty after Empire (Palgrave MacMillan Socio-Legal Studies)
"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 ... Read more