Spaces of Indigenous Justice - Applying Theory to Practical Problems

This book employs critical theory to investigate the different worldviews involved in an engagement with indigenous normativities, and to suggest practical solutions for overcoming the systemic inequalities between Indigenous and non-indigenous cultures.

List of contents

Part 1: Introduction Chapter 1: Spaces of Indigenous Justice Part II: Situating the Problem Chapter 2: The Individual as Crime Victim: Domestic & Sexual Violence Against Native Women in the US Chapter 3: The Individual as Criminal Defendant: Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto Chapter 4: The Group as Cultural Claimant: Narrandjeri and Cultural Sites Chapter 5: Hybrid Civil Rights Claims: Sacred Sites on US Federal Public Lands Chapter 6: Difficulties with the Rights-Based Approach Part III: Through A Spatial Lens Chapter 7: Exploring the Spatial Turn Chapter 8: Legal Cultures Chapter 9: Bodies Chapter 10: Boundaries Chapter 11: Temporalities Part IV: Re-visioning Chapter 12: A Fresh Perspective Chapter 13: Looking Forward

About the author

Jennifer Hendry is based in the Law School at the University of Leeds; Melissa Tatum is at the College of Law, University of Arizona.

Summary

This book employs critical theory to investigate the different worldviews involved in an engagement with indigenous normativities, and to suggest practical solutions for overcoming the systemic inequalities between Indigenous and non-indigenous cultures.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Jennifer Hendry, Dr. Jennifer Tatum Hendry, Jennifer Hendry, Jennifer Tatum Hendry, Melissa L Tatum, Melissa L. Tatum
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.12.2023, delayed
• EAN: 9781138646421
• ISBN: 978-1-138-64642-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Space, Materiality and the Normative
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, LAW / Civil Rights, LAW / Discrimination, LAW / Conflict of Laws, LAW / Customary, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Indigenous Peoples, Social and cultural history, Politics and government, Social and cultural anthropology, Colonialism and imperialism, Human Geography, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Relating to Native American people, Law & society, Jurisprudence and general issues, Law and society, sociology of law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Discrimination in employment and harassment law, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, Private international law and conflict of laws, LAW / Indigenous Law & Legal Systems, Public International law: customary law