Aboriginal Peoples, Colonialism and International Law: Raw Law

by Irene Watson and Irene Watson

Book Overview

This work is the first to assess the legality and impact of colonisation from the viewpoint of Aboriginal law, rather than from that of the dominant Western legal tradition. It begins by outlining the Aboriginal legal system as it is embedded in Aboriginal people's complex relationship with their ancestral lands. This is Raw Law: a natural system of obligations and benefits, flowing from an Aboriginal ontology. This book places Raw Law at the centre...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138685968
• ISBN13: 9781138685963
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"