This article identifies some of the major differences between Aboriginal English and General Australian English. It provides some examples which might be helpful for judicial officers communicating with Aboriginal people.
The decision of R v Fernando remains one of the most influential decisions on the relationship between Aboriginality and sentencing under Australian criminal law. The eight proposed sentencing principles, as […]
A 1996 amendment to the Canadian Criminal Code aimed to reduce the over representation of Indigenous persons in prison, by requiring judicial officers to take Aboriginality into account in the […]