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OverviewIn 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: H. Douglas , M. FinnanePublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.577kg ISBN: 9780230316508ISBN 10: 0230316506 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 21 August 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Histories.- 'Troublesome Friends and Dangerous Enemies'.- Amenable to the Law.- The Exercise of Jurisdiction.- A Question of Custom.- Equality Before the Law.- Towards Formal Recognition.- 'Benign Pessimism': A National Emergency.- Conclusion: Sovereignties.ReviewsHeather 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 Mitchell, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Volume 25 Number 2 """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 Mitchell, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Volume 25 Number 2" Author InformationHEATHER 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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