The Land is the Source of the Law : A Dialogic Encounter with Indigenous Jurisprudence


C. F. Black
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2010.
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1 online resource (223 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Part One: The Journey Begins; Chapter 1 My Camp; Chapter 2 The camp of the talngai-gawarima; Part Two: Camps of the Senior Law Men; Chapter 3 Feeling the Djang: The Camp of Senior Law Man Neidjie; Chapter 4 The spider or the web? The camp of Senior Law Man Mowaljarlai; Chapter 5 Health and land: The camp of Senior Law Man Wandjuk Marika; Part Three: Travelling the Land; Chapter 6 The journeys: From camps of old men to camps of young women; Chapter 7 The camp of 'caring for country': The world of Plains of Promise. - Chapter 8 The camp from Turtle Island: ThunderheartChapter 9 The camp from the sparkling waters of the Pacific: Whale Rider; Part Four: Completing the Circle; Chapter 10 The end of the journey: A camp of contemporary concerns; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - The Land is the Source of Law brings an inter-jurisdictional dimension to the field of indigenous jurisprudence: comparing Indigenous legal regimes in New Zealand, the USA and Australia, it offers a 'dialogical encounter with an Indigenous jurisprudence' in which individuals are characterised by their rights and responsibilities into the Land. Though a relatively ""new"" field, indigenous jurisprudence is the product of the oldest continuous legal system in the world. Utilising a range of texts - films, novels, poetry, as well as ""law stories"" CF Black blends legality and
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9780415497565. - 9780415497572

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