Recognizing Aboriginal Title: The Mabo Case and Indigenous Resistance to English-Settler Colonialism

By Peter H. Russell

Recognizing Aboriginal Title is a work of enormous importance by a legal and constitutional scholar of international renown, written with a passion worthy of its subject - a man who fought hard for his people and won.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802094430
• ISBN13: 9780802094438
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

a review of historic injustices

To some Australians, the Mabo case threatened to overturn all that had happened since the British arrived in 1788. But to others, it was a long overdue acknowledgment of historic injustices. The author gives us the background behind Mabo. Chronicling years of effort by Aboriginal activists to assert some residue of native title. It's not a cheery read. Much is explained of the parlous conditions under which many Aborigines labour; especially those still in rural tribal environments. Still, the account shows how persistent efforts led to a seminal decision by the High Court. The book does not describe the aftermath. In the few years since it came out, little has changed in the typical Aboriginal condition.