Native Title, land rights and Aboriginal self-determination

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...

Maya Aboriginal Land and Resource Rights and the Conflict Over Logging in Southern Belize

The Spatial Dimension of Aboriginal Land Tenure

The unique relationship Aboriginal peoples have with the land has been highlighted in recent years with the passing of the Native Title Act 1993. The vastly different characteristics of Aboriginal land tenure to the Australian Torrens systems makes it difficult for the integration of the two tenure systems into one land registration system. A better understanding of Aboriginal land tenure and a...

Children's Nurturance and Self-Determination Rights: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Increasing awareness of children’s developmental needs and rights has led to a global move toward giving children and adolescents a greater degree of autonomy in the decisions affecting their own lives. This article presents two studies examining the role of culture and religion in 12-year-old children’s perceptions of their rights across three cultures. The first study showed that U.S. and Swi...

Is Native Title Law Destroying Native Title?