Constitutionalism of Australian First Nations

A Comparative Study
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-76028-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 564 g

Reihe: Indigenous Peoples and the Law

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 comparative analysis is undertaken at the most foundational levels of their legal traditions, via the prism of a legal paradigm elaborated with reference to an Australian Indigenous cosmological, ontological, and epistemological standpoint. The proposed legal theory comprises a broad overview, general concepts, normative principles, and general working principles. In so doing, the book expounds how Australian First Nations constitutionalism unfolds into holistic orders of spiritual, political, and legal authority that are explainable in terms of legal theory. At the most foundational level, such elaboration may help delineate normative and legal constitutional patterns throughout Indigenous Australia.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Randazzo, Maria Salvatrice

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Australische und Pazifische Geschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.