xxi, 381 pages : charts ; 25 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-361) and index.  #200722

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Relations, second edition, introduces readers to the major issues faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people under the Anglo-Australian legal system, with a focus on the impact of historical and contemporary law and policy.

It engages readers in key debates, such as reparations for the Stolen Generation and changes to the Constitution, and explores how the law can play a role in providing a framework for recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights.

New to this Edition

• Comprehensively updated to include the latest developments, with new discussion on:
• Constitutional recognition and the Uluru Statement from the Heart
• Creation of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples as a new representative body
• National child welfare policy reforms which will result in increased removals through early permanent placement of children who experience out of home care
• Stolen Generation reparation tribunals and their responses
• Colonial legal history in the context of contemporary debates such as the recent campaign to change the date of Australia Day
• The development of state-based treaty processesIncludes a new chapter on ‘Indigenous Women and Criminal Justice’ (Ch. 7) with a focus on family violence and victimisation; the laws, policies and practices that contribute to Indigenous women’s imprisonment; and the climbing imprisonment rate of Indigenous women
• Updated discussion questions, and case studies and extracts.

• Aboriginal Australians — Legal status, laws, etc.  |  Torres Strait Islanders — Legal status, laws, etc.  |  Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.  |  Aboriginal Australians — Government relations.  |  Indigenous peoples (International law)  |  Cultural heritage – Protection – Law and legislation.  |  Government policy – Intervention – Emergency response – 2007-2012.  |  Law – International law – Human rights.  |  Politics and Government – Governance – Capacity building.  |  Race relations – Reconciliation.  |  Australian

• Prof. Larissa Behrendt is a Eualeyai/Kamillaroi woman. She is the Professor of Law and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology, Sydney.

  She is admitted to the Supreme Court of the ACT and NSW as a barrister.Larissa is a Land Commissioner at the Land and Environment Court and the Alternate Chair of the Serious Offenders Review Board, a member of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia and a founding member of the Australian Academy of Law. She is the Chair of the Humanities and Creative Arts panel of the Australian Research Council College of Experts.She is the author of several books on Indigenous legal issues.

  She won the 2002 David Uniapon Award and a 2005 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for her novel Home. Larissa is a Board Member of the Museum of Contemporary Art, a board member of Tranby Aboriginal College and a Director of the Bangarra Dance Theatre. She was named as 2009 NAIDOC Person of the Year.