State Apologies to Indigenous Peoples - Law, Politics, Ethics

This book considers the ethics and politics of state apologies made to Indigenous peoples.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Making apologies: what do they do? 3. Sorry for what? Examining the Rudd and Harper apologies in their historical contexts 4. The Rudd and Harper apologies critically examined 5. Apology making as a relational process: re-focusing the Rudd and Harper apologies on Indigenous peoples 6. Australia post-apology 7. Canada post-apology

About the author

Francesca Dominello is Senior Lecturer in the Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. She currently researches and teaches in the areas of Indigenous peoples and the law and family law from a social justice perspective.

Summary

This book considers the ethics and politics of state apologies made to Indigenous peoples.

Product details

• Authors: Francesca Dominello, Dominello Francesca
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2024
• EAN: 9780367460310
• ISBN: 978-0-367-46031-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Indigenous Peoples and the Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Indigenous Peoples, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Regional government, Indigenous people: governance and politics, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity