Constitutionalism of Australian First Nations

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.

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

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