Indigenous Law and Aboriginal Title

The Political Economy of “Aboriginal Customary Law”

Discussions about aboriginal-non-aboriginal relations in Canada have stressed the need to recognize “aboriginal customary law” in self-government arrangements. It is maintained that many aspects of “native law” differ radically from the legal systems that emerged in European countries, and so imposing Canadian conceptions of law on aboriginal communities is an obstacle to native self-determinat...

Is Native Title Law Destroying Native Title?

Burden of disease and injury in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: the Indigenous health gap.

BACKGROUND Disparities in health status between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the total Australian population have been documented in a fragmentary manner using disparate health outcome measures. METHODS We applied the burden of disease approach to national population health datasets and Indigenous-specific epidemiological studies. The main outcome measure is the Indigenou...

Bridging the Gap or Crossing a Bridge? Indigenous Knowledge and the Language of Law and Policy

Yorta Yorta Aboriginal people of Northern Victoria and New South Wales against an earlier federal court determination that had decided against their claim for native title under the Native Title Act 1993. These Aboriginal peoples’ struggle for recognition of their enduring connections with their ancestral lands under Australia’s native title laws had, in this hearing, depended solely on the out...

Eating disorder features in indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian Peoples

BACKGROUND Obesity and related cardiovascular and metabolic conditions are well recognized problems for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. However, there is a dearth of research on relevant eating disorders (EDs) such as binge eating disorder in these groups. METHODS Data were obtained from interviews of 3047 (in 2005) and 3034 (in 2008) adults who were participants in ...