1st Edition

Constitutionalism of Australian First Nations A Comparative Study

By Maria Salvatrice Randazzo Copyright 2023
262 Pages 6 Color & 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 6 Color & 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 6 Color & 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The book considers Australian First Nations constitutionalism by drawing on the chthonic constitutional traditions of three distinct Australian First Nations legal orders: the Warlpiri, Yolngu, and Pintupi legal orders, in the endeavour of identifying, via a comparative analysis, a core of similarities to be drawn upon and articulate an emergent legal theory common to the three legal orders. The... Read more

Acknowledgments

Preface

PART ONE: First Nations Constitutionalism, Conceptual Apparatus, and Methodological Framework

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: A conceptual narrative of constitutionalism: modern conceptualisation and contemporary (re) formulations

Chapter 3: A conceptual apparatus for inquiries into Australian First Nations constitutionalism

Chapter 4: Journeying ‘extraordinary places’: methodological approaches for a macro-intercultural comparison of Australian First Nations constitutional orders

PART TWO: The Warlpiri, Yolngu, and Pintupi Constitutional Orders Compared

Chapter 5: The genesis of the Warlpiri, Yolngu, and Pintupi constitutional orders

Chapter 6: The foundational principles of the Warlpiri, Yolngu, and Pintupi constitutional orders

Chapter 7: The basic institutional elements of the Warlpiri, Yolngu, and Pintupi constitutional orders

PART THREE: An Emergent Legal Theory of the Warlpiri, Yolngu, and Pintupi Constitutional Orders

Chapter 8: Articulation of an emergent legal theory for the Warlpiri, Yolngu, and Pintupi constitutional orders

Chapter 9: Conclusion

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Dr Maria Salvatrice Randazzo is a Research Fellow at the Asian Pacific College of Business and Law, Charles Darwin University, Australia. Her areas of specialization and research include comparative legal systems, transnational law, human rights, Indigenous legal theory, Western legal theory, and Indigenous constitutionalism. She has been admitted to the Court of Appeal of Messina and the Court of Cassation of Rome as a barrister. She has also been admitted to the Northern Territory Supreme Court as a legal practitioner.