Background paper on the approach of Australian courts to Aboriginal customary law in the areas of criminal, civil and family law

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The work Background paper on the approach of Australian courts to Aboriginal customary law in the areas of criminal, civil and family law represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Background paper on the approach of Australian courts to Aboriginal customary law in the areas of criminal, civil and family law

Statement of responsibility

Victoria Williams

Title variation

Approach of Australian courts to Aboriginal customary law in the areas of criminal, civil and family law

Creator

• Williams, Victoria

Contributor

• Law Reform Commission of Western Australia

Subject

• Law enforcement - Criminal law and procedure
• Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Legal status, laws, etc
• Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Western Australia
• Customary law -- Western Australia
• Law - Indigenous

Language

eng

Summary

"This paper is intended to provide a broad summary of the approach of Australian courts to Aboriginal customary law in the areas of criminal law, civil law and family law. Because this paper was produced to inform the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia's Aboriginal customary law reference, the primary focus of the paper is the development of the common law position on customary law in Western Australia. However, there are instances where there is no Western Australian precedent or where the law has been shaped by decisions of courts in other states or territories or by the High Court. This paper therefore refers extensively to relevant cases in all Australian jurisdictions."

Member of

• Background paper (Law Reform Commission of Western Australia), no. 1 (Dec. 2003)

Cataloging source

WLB

Dewey number

340.52941

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Background paper

Series volume

no. 1 (December 2003)