Law's anthropology : from ethnography to expert testimony in native title /

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Anthropologists have been appearing as key expert witnesses in native title claims for over 20 years. Until now, however, there has been no theoretically-informed, detailed investigation of how the expert testimony of anthropologists is formed and how it is received by judges. This book examines the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burke, Paul, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, [2011]
Temas:
Evidence, Expert > Australia.
Forensic anthropology > Australia.
Aboriginal Australians > Legal status, laws, etc.
Native title (Australia)
Expertises > Australie.
Anthropologie légale > Australie.
Autochtones > Titres de propriété > Australie.
Anthropology.
Law.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Evidence, Expert
Aboriginal Australians
Forensic anthropology
Australia
Anthropology
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary; Acknowledgments; Lists of Maps, Tables and Figures; 1. Towards an Ethnography of Anthropology's Encounter with Modern Law; 2. Anthropological Knowledge of the Murray Islands Prior to the Mabo Case; 3. Beckett in Mabo; 4. The Anthropology of the Broome Region; 5. The Anthropology of Broome on Trial; 6. The Enigma of Traditional Western Desert Land Tenure; 7. Western Desert Ethnography on Trial; 8. Apocalypse Yulara? The emergence of a judicial discourse of 'junk' anthropology; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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