The recognition of aboriginal customary law : volume 1 / Australia Law Reform Commission.

Sydney : Australian Law Reform Commission, 1986.

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Customary law -- Australia.

Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc.

1. Introduction

2. The impact of settlement and extent of recognition today

3. Definitional questions

4. Why recognition?

5. The commission's approach

6. Recognising traditional marriages

7. Traditional distribution of property

8. Aboriginal child custody, fostering and adoption

9. Aboriginal customary laws and the criminal justice system

10. Substantive criminal liability

11. Customary law offences

12. Aboriginal customary laws and criminal procedure

13. Aboriginal customary laws and sentencing

14. Questions of evidence and procedure

15. Proof of aboriginal customary law

16. Local justice mechanisms in aboriginal communities

17. The recognition of traditional hunting, fishing and gathering rights

18. Summary of recommendations

19. Implementing the commission's recommendations --

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