| Description |
1 online resource (227 pages) |
| Series |
First knowledges |
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First knowledges; 6
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| Contents |
1. Personal perspectives / Marcia Langton & Aaron Corn -- 2. First law -- 3. Everything is related -- 4. Respect and responsibility -- 5. Family business -- 6. Gendered business -- 7. Wisdom and leadership -- 8. The gift of law |
| Summary |
Law is culture, and culture is law. Given by the ancestors and cultivated over millennia, Indigenous law defines what it is to be human. Complex and evolving, law holds the keys to resilient, caring communities and a life in balance with nature. Marcia Langton and Aaron Corn show how Indigenous law has enabled people to survive and thrive in Australia for more than 2000 generations. Nurturing people and places, law is the foundation of all Indigenous societies in Australia, giving them the tools to respond and adapt to major environmental and social changes. But law is not a thing of the past. These living, sophisticated systems are as powerful now as they have ever been, if not more so. Law: The Way of the Ancestors challenges readers to consider how Indigenous law can inspire new ways forward for us all in the face of global crises |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Law, Aboriginal Australian
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Torres Strait Islanders -- Civil rights
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Torres Strait Islanders -- Legal status, laws, etc
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Torres Strait Islanders -- Government policy
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Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Australia
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Aboriginal Australians -- Civil rights
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Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc
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Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy
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Law -- Australia
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Law - Administrative law
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Community organisations - Cultural
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Law
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Social life and customs
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Corn, Aaron David Samuel, author
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National Museum of Australia, issuing body
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| ISBN |
9781760762834 |
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1760762830 |
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