Recognizing Aboriginal title : the Mabo case and indigenous resistance to English-settler colonialism.

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KM208.I5R872 2005

University of Toronto Press

2005

c2005.

Russell, Peter H

Setting the stage. Preparation of an indigenous challenger -- Western imperialism and its legal magic -- Eddie Mabo's project and its obstacles -- Indigenous colonization and its contestation. The distinctive foundations of Australian colonialism -- ...Setting the stage. Preparation of an indigenous challenger -- Western imperialism and its legal magic -- Eddie Mabo's project and its obstacles -- Indigenous colonization and its contestation. The distinctive foundations of Australian colonialism -- Colonialism contested and the winds of change -- Build-up to the Mabo case -- The land rights movement -- Ten long years of litigation -- The Mabo case and its consequences. The High Court's decision -- Consequences I : legislating native title -- Consequences II : Wik and a country deeply divided -- International dimensions and reconciliation -- The limits of judicial power.  + Read More– Read Less

Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-450) and index.