Achieving social justice : indigenous rights and Australia's future / Larissa Behrendt.

Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2003.

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Aboriginal Australians.

Torres Strait Islanders -- Australia.

Civil rights.

1. Why question the rules?

2. The myth of law's neutrality: why formal equality doesn't work

3. Nationalism and identity: why 'western' institutions don't work for everyone

4. Indigenous aspirations: the starting point for rights protection

5. New strategies, improved rights protection

6. Towards improved rights protection: some first steps and some alternative futures

7. Some conclusions.

Includes bibliography and index.

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xi, 192 p.