Aboriginal customary laws : the interaction of Western Australian law with Aboriginal law and culture : final report / Law Reform Commisssion of Western Australia
Published
Perth : Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, 2006
Chapter One : Challenging customary law myths and misconceptions -- Chapter two : Guiding principles for reform -- Chapter three : Aboriginal peoples and disadvantages in Western Australia -- Chapter four : Recognition of aboriginal customary law -- Chapter five : Aboriginal customary law and the criminal justice system -- Chapter six : Aboriginal customary law and the civil law system -- Chapter seven : Aboriginal customary law and the family -- Chapter eight : Customary hunting fishing and gathering rights -- Chapter nine : Aboriginal customary law in the courtroom : Evidence and procedure -- Chapter ten : Aboriginal community governance in Western Australia
Summary
Final report of the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia's six-year inquiry into recognition of customary laws in that state. The report contains a total of 131 recommendations. Two important recommendations relate to the recognition of the unique status of Aboriginal peoples in the Western Australian Constitution and the creation of an Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Affairs
Notes
"Chair, Ms AG Braddock ..."--T.p. verso
"September 2006"
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
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