A message from the Law Reform Commission -- Terms of reference -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Aboriginal customary law today -- Aboriginal customary law continues -- Community aspect of customary law -- The place of kinship -- Punishments -- Special laws -- Protection of Aboriginal sites and objects -- Protection from interference -- Protection of Aboriginal customary law by courts -- Defences to criminal charges -- Honest claims of right -- Defence of 'Native Title' --Consent -- Compulsion -- Provocation -- Specific authorisation of application of customary law -- Sentencing -- General principles -- Traditional punishments and sentencing -- Requirement of evidence -- Other alternatives --Policing and procedures -- Police -- Prosecuting practices -- Bail -- Fitness to plead -- Interpreters -- Juries and gender restricted evidence -- Suppression of names and other information -- Confession and admissions -- Alternative Aboriginal justice schemes -- Alternative justice schemes -- Resourcing and commitment
Notes
"June 2005."
One of a series of background papers commissioned by the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia for the purposes of its reference on Aboriginal customary laws (Project 94)
