Indigenous Crime and Settler Law White Sovereignty after 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...

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Main Authors: Douglas, Heather, Finnane, Mark (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Macmillan Education UK 2012, 2012
Series:Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies
Subjects:
Law
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:XVIII, 260 p online resource
ISBN:9781137284983