Indigenous Crime and Settler Law

HEATHER DOUGLAS is a professor at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.   MARK FINNANE is ARC Australian Professorial Fellow and Chief Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security, Griffith University, Australia.

Introduction: Histories.- 'Troublesome Friends and Dangerous Enemies'.- Amenable to the Law.- The Exercise of Jurisdiction.- A Question of Custom.- Equality Before the Law.- Towards Formal Recognition.- 'Benign Pessimism': A National Emergency.- Conclusion: Sovereignties.