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Indigenisation resources: Legal System

Resource portal to assist with locating Indigenous content for courses.

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This documentary takes a look at the over-representation of Indigenous Australians incarcerated in our prison system.

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This program includes: * The legality of British conquest * Loss of rights and paternalism. * Activism in 1960s to present day, including Tent Embassy, black power, increasing sophistication and the reaction of authorities * * * The importance of Mabo is highlighted

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Featured resources

  • Working with Indigenous Clients (Law Society of NSW) - The Law Society of NSW, in consultation with the Indigenous Issues Committee, has developed Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients: resources for solicitors in NSW. These resources aim to provide practical information for solicitors to effectively meet their professional obligations when providing assistance to First Nations clients.
  • Indigenous Legal Issues (Law Council of Australia) - The Law Council represents the Australian legal profession on national and international issues, on federal law and the operation of federal courts and tribunals. It works for the improvement of the law and of the administration of justice.
  • Aboriginal Legal Service(NSW/ACT) - working to deliver quality and culturally appropriate legal services for our people.
  • National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) - NATSILS advocates at the national and international level for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within the justice system, for an end to injustices and for our people to have equitable access to justice.
  • Aboriginal Customary Laws and Sentencing: Existing Law and Practice (ALRC) - Case Studies discussing the relevance of Aboriginal customary laws in sentencing, an essential first step is to assess how judges actually deal with it in particular cases under the present law.
  • Westlaw AU - Full text access to Australian legal journal articles and Australian case citator.
  • Informit Indigenous Collection - Contains specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, eBooks and grey literature unavailable elsewhere online. Some full-text.
  • Australian Public Affairs Full Text (Informit) - Articles from Australian journals and newspapers covering law.
  • LawCite - Free access to full text Australian and international cases where available