Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorBlack, Christine
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:57:50Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:57:50Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-02-27T05:35:59Z
dc.identifier.isbn9780415497565
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/43004
dc.description.abstractThe Land is the Source of Lawbrings an inter-jurisdictional dimension to the field of indigenous jurisprudence: comparing Indigenous legal regimes in New Zealand, the USA and Australia, it offers a dialogical encounter with an Indigenous jurisprudence " in which individuals are characterised by their rights and responsibilities into the Land. Though a relatively "new" field, indigenous jurisprudence is the product of the oldest continuous legal system in the world. Utilising a range of texts " films, novels, poetry, as well as "law stories" CF Black blends legality and narrative in order to redefine jurisprudentia in indigenous terms. This re-definition gives shape to the jurisprudential framework of the book: a shape that is not just abstract, but physical and metaphysical; a shape that is circular and concentric at the same time. The outer circle is the cosmology, so that the human never forgets that they are inside a universe " a universe that has a law. This law is found in the second circle which, whilst resembling the ancient Greek law of physis is a law based on relationship. This is a relationship that orders the placing of the individual in the innermost circle, and which structures their rights and responsibilities into the land. The jurisprudential texts which inform the theoretical framework of this book bring to our attention the urgent message that the Djang (primordial energy) is out of balance, and that the rebalancing of that Djang is up to the individual through their lawful behaviour, a behaviour which patterns them back into land. Thus, The Land is the Source of the Lawconcludes not only with a diagnosis of the cause of climate change, but a prescription which offers an alternative legal approach to global health.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415497565/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Law
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode180101
dc.titleThe Land is the Source of the Law: A Dialogic Encounter with Indigenous Jurisprudence
dc.typeBook
dc.type.descriptionA1 - Books
dc.type.codeA - Books
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Law
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBlack, Christine F.


Files in this item

FilesSizeFormatView

There are no files associated with this item.

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

  • Books
    Contains books authored and edited by Griffith authors.

Show simple item record