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This book provides an original account of Australian First Nations' legal orders as legitimate sites of constitutionalism.
List of contents
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
Bibliography
Index
About the author
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.
Summary
This book provides an original account of Australian First Nations’ legal orders as legitimate sites of constitutionalism.
