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Australian Courts Considering Aboriginality case summaries

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Authors: , University of New South Wales, Indigenous Law Centre, Macquarie University, School of Law

Publishers: Australasian Legal Information Institute

This database contains summaries of reports of Australian criminal law cases that consider Aboriginality – the Aboriginal background of the defendant, their cultural practice or the customary law of their […]

Minimum standards for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander courts in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and Northern Territory (North) 2007-2010

Resources Sep,2007

Authors: Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (SA), Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Co-operative, Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service, North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service

Publishers: Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia

Australia’s criminal justice system is, for the most part, the model inherited from the British justice system. This model consistently yields high rates of recidivism by Aboriginal and Torres Strait […]

Ensuring the Right to a Fair Criminal Trial Using Communication Assistance

Resources August ,2022

Authors: ,

Publishers: Griffith Journal of Law and Human Dignity , 10

The right to a fair trial is a long-standing common law right, with the High Court describing this as ‘a central pillar of our criminal justice system’. 1 Australia has […]

We teach all hearts to break, but can we mend them? Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Aboriginal Sentencing Courts

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Authors: Auty, Kate

Publishers: eLaw journal : Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law Special Series (1) 2006; 101-129

Aboriginal Sentencing Courts are not generally understood as ‘therapeutic jurisprudence’. This essay explores a particular Aboriginal Sentencing Court – the Shepparton Koori Court – from its establishment through its first […]

Growing up’ the Koori Court, Shepparton : development discourse and innovation in courts of summary jurisdiction

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Authors: Auty, Kate

Publishers: Journal of Australian indigenous issues: 2004

The Shepparton Koori Court has just completed its first two years of operation, and has been subject to a high level of scrutiny and observation for the purposes of evaluation. […]

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