Recognizing Aboriginal title : the Mabo case and indigenous resistance to English-settler colonialism / Peter H. Russell.

Toronto, ON : University of Toronto Press, 2005.

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Mabo, Eddie.

Native title (Australia)

1. Preparation of an indigenous challenger

2. Western imperialism and its legal magic

3. Eddie Mabo's project and its obstacles

4. The distinctive foundations of Australian colonialism

5. Colonialism contested and the winds of change

6. The land rights movement

7. Ten long years of litigation

8. The High Court's decision

9. Consequences I: legislating native title

10. Consequences II: Wik and a country deeply divided

11. International dimensions and reconciliation

12. The limits of judicial power.

This book contains a comprehensive study of the Mabo case, its background and its consequences, and traces the development of Australian law and policy in relation to Aboriginal Australians.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780802038630

xii, 470 p. : ill. (maps) ; 24 cm