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Justice : a history of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia / Fiona Skyring

Record no:

68873

Call no:

T/572.9941 SKY

Author:

Skyring, Fiona

Publisher:

Crawley, W.A.: UWA Publishing

Year:

2011

Description:

x, 449 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia - History;
Australian Aborigines - Legal status, laws, etc.;
Australian Aborigines - Services for - Western Australia;

Isbn:

9781921401633

Type:

Book

Abstract:

Shows the human face of some of the nation's major social, political and legal reforms of the last four decades.

Contents:

1. A new era -- 2. 'It's time!' : the start of the Aboriginal Legal Service -- 3. New territory -- 4. Skull Creek : the Laverton Royal Commission -- 5. Law and language -- 6. Land rights -- 7. State wide -- 8. Setting the reform agenda -- 9. Justice on

trial : the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody -- 10. Reconciliation and the Royal Commission reports -- 11. Mabo and mandatory sentencing : one step forward, three strikes back -- 12. From a radical challenge to a seat at the table -- 13. Justice in a civilised society.

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