Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Indigenous courts and justice practices in Australia /, Elena Marchetti and Kathleen Daly

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Indigenous courts and justice practices in Australia /

Elena Marchetti and Kathleen Daly

Discusses the emergence of Indigenous justice practices; describes the various systems in place throughout Australia; table showing the different types of courts in Australia; compares the New South Wales Circle Sentencing Court and the South Australian Nunga Court; practices in remote areas: Indigenous justice groups in far north Queensland; Community justice panels in Victoria; circle court at Yandeyarra, Pilbara; plans for circle sentence court to go to Walgett and Brewarrina; recognition of Aboriginal customary law in sentencing in the Northern Territory