1st Edition
Contesting Native Title From controversy to consensus in the struggle over Indigenous land rights
By David Ritter
Copyright 2009
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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'This book debunks in spectacular fashion some of the most treasured, over-inflated claims of the benefits of native title.' Professor Mick Dodson, ANU Centre for Indigenous Studies 'David Ritter's fascinating account of the evolution of the native title system is elegant and incisive, scholarly and sceptical; above all, unfailingly intelligent.' Professor Robert Manne, La Trobe University 'An... Read more
Foreword
Prologue
Acknowledgements
1 Reading the porridge: Introducing the native title system
2 The dilemmas of the black leadership: ATSIC, the native title working groups and their successors
3 Like unacknowledged bastards: The native title representative bodies
4 State expectations: Executive government of the states and territories
5 Mining rules and the sheep's back: Non-government third party respondents
6 Poets and slaves: The National Native Title Tribunal
7 You can take the judge out of the court... The Federal Court of Australia
8 The end of uncertainty: The native title system in retrospect
Notes
Index
Prologue
Acknowledgements
1 Reading the porridge: Introducing the native title system
2 The dilemmas of the black leadership: ATSIC, the native title working groups and their successors
3 Like unacknowledged bastards: The native title representative bodies
4 State expectations: Executive government of the states and territories
5 Mining rules and the sheep's back: Non-government third party respondents
6 Poets and slaves: The National Native Title Tribunal
7 You can take the judge out of the court... The Federal Court of Australia
8 The end of uncertainty: The native title system in retrospect
Notes
Index
Biography
David Ritter teaches at the Faculty of Law at the University of Western Australia. He is currently working in a senior campaigns position with Greenpeace in London.
