"The consent of the natives": : Mabo and Indigenous political rights

Label

"The consent of the natives": : Mabo and Indigenous political rights

Title remainder

Mabo and Indigenous political rights

Statement of responsibility

Garth Nettheim

Creator

• Nettheim, Garth

Language

eng

Summary

Title for article is taken from the Admirality's 1768 instructions to Lieutenant James Cook on taking possession of the country; following the Mabo Case the law is now able to recognise and protect native title, but also to extinguish it; discusses the sovereignty issue, self-determination in International law and Australian law, and considers how the Mabo decision may assist resolution of other legal / political issues in the relationship between Indigenous and non-indigenous peoples in Australia; Appendix A reproduces 'The Consensus Report on The Constitution (The Financial Post, Canada, 5 October 1992, 18-19) on the inherent right of self-government; Appendix B reproduces the Draft Universal Declaration on the Rights of indigenous Peoples

Is part of

• Essays on the Mabo decision / [production editor : Janine Flew].

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction