One law for all? : Aboriginal people and criminal law in early South Australia / Alan Pope
- Bib ID:
- 4982061
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Pope, Alan (Alan Richard)
- Description:
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- Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2011
- ix, 254 p. : 1 map ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780855757489
- Summary:
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In the planned colony of South Australia, Aboriginal people were to be British subjects, held accountable for their actions by English law, but fully entitled to its protection. However, the reality failed to meet the high expectations of London's reformers.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction
- Legal policy and early practice
- Amenability and jurisdiction
- Admitting Aboriginal evidence
- Language problems
- Inter se jurisdiction
- Murder and manslaughter
- Assault and robbery
- Property offences
- Protected by the law?
- Conclusions and observations
- Appendix: Cases involving Aboriginal people, 1836-1862.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-242) and index.
- Subject:
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- Criminal law -- South Australia
- Indigenous peoples -- South Australia
- Equality before the law -- South Australia
- Law enforcement - Criminal law and procedure - Interrogation and evidence
- Law enforcement - Criminal law and procedure
- Crime and imprisonment statistics
- Law enforcement - Offences
- Law - Relation to Anglo Australian law
- South Australia (SA)
- Also Titled:
- Aboriginal people and criminal law in early South Australia
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2011
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