Download or read book The Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Laws written by Australia. Law Reform Commission and published by Australian Government Publishing Service. This book was released on 1986 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed examination of the scope for recognition of customary laws through existing common law rules; human rights and problems of relativity of standards; contact experience; constitutional aspects; marriage and family structures; recognition of traditional marriage; protection and distribution of property; child custody, fostering and adoption; the criminal justice system; customary law offences; police investigation and interrogation; issues of evidence and procedure including unsworn statements, juries and interpreters; proof of customary law including scope of expert evidence; taking of evidence including group evidence, secrecy and privileged communications; customary methods of dispute settlement; special Aboriginal courts and justice schemes; relations with police; traditional hunting, fishing and gathering practices; relevant case law and legislation considered throughout.

Download or read book The Role of the National Aboriginal Conference written by Herbert Cole Coombs and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes assessment by Aborigines of NAC performance; discusses political processes, decision making process, leadership, bureaucracy and factionalism; proposals for National Aboriginal Congress.

Download or read book Traditional Aboriginal Society written by William Howell Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of readings has been compiled by Bill Edwards with two consistent themes: to provide a cross-section of articles covering the main themes related to the study of human societies; and to make accessible for students enduring articles that may be otherwise hard to find, and which contain a good proportion of descriptive material as well as raising analytical issues. The chapters cover the main themes related to the study of traditional Aboriginal society: systems of etiquette, art, economic life, kinship and marriage, politics and leadership, law, religion, and social change.

Download or read book Global Human Rights Instruments written by P. A. van Laar and published by International Courts Association. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human rights are rights that should be invoked by all people. Human rights are aimed to preserve human nature and humanity, and to provide humane standards. Human rights translate into international norms that help to protect people from all over the world from severe political, legal, and social abuses. Law and morale are the safeguards of these inalienable rights. Human rights invoke strong claims and even stronger sentiments. To ensure them, governments are directly addressed, requiring compliance and enforcement. This collection gives a detailed and accurate overview of the instruments that have been created over the years to safeguard human rights. The contents of this collection range from universal human rights instruments to continental human rights instruments and discuss the direct enforcement of human rights by international courts and tribunals. The goal behind these extensive studies is to provide the international legal public with a reliable detailed resource of prominent human rights instruments. Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3 in this collection focus on universal human rights instruments. Volume 4, Volume 5, and Volume 6 examine inter-American human rights instruments and include landmark cases in Volume 5 and Volume 6. (Series: Global Human Rights Instruments)

Download or read book Effects of Asbestos Mining on the Baryulgil Community written by Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: