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Elliott Johnston was a most unusual lawyer...Coming generations of lawyers can be encouraged to reflect upon the causes of justice and equality that he so powerfully espoused. - The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG \nTwenty-five years after Elliott Johnston's thorough and prescient Report on the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, juvenile justice, freedom of speech, racial discrimination, human rights and a referendum on constitutional 'recognition' of Indigenous Australians remain subjects of contestation, national debate and international scrutiny.\n\nIn this collection, 17 distinguished Indigenous and non-Indigenous jurists, scholars and community leaders show common cause with Johnston. They pursue better ways of understanding social values, justice and equality expressed through issues of native title, incarceration rates, cultural protection, self-determination and rights of Indigenous peoples. They look to the law as a site of hope and an instrument of public education and principled change.

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This work, which is a compilation of 17 essays, papers and speeches from distinguished Indigenous and non-Indigenous jurists, scholars and community leaders, exposes the unpopular truth that Australia is a long way from resolving the important social and legal issues surrounding indigenous Australians. That is despite the fact that the Report on the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was handed down over 25 years ago. That report was prepared by Elliott Johnston QC who, during his career, was a distinguished Barrister, scholar and Judge. This work is in honour of Mr Johnston, and it includes a piece by Michael Kirby about Mr Johnston entitled Elliot Johnston, Social Values and Justice . The book is a very important contribution to the necessary discussion about the failure of Australian Society to respond to the languishing social issues plaguing the indigenous community. - Queensland Law Reporter - 4 November 2016 - [2016] 43 QLR

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Hossein Esmaeili is an Associate Professor of Law at Flinders Law School, Flinders University, Adelaide. Gus Worby is an Emeritus Professor in the Office of Indigenous Strategy and Engagement, Flinders University, Adelaide. Simone Tur is an Associate Professor in the Office of Indigenous Strategy and Engagement, Flinders University, Adelaide.

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