Author: Frank BrennanPublisher:
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Category : Indigenous peoples
Languages : en
Pages : 5
Book Description
The Position of Indigenous People in National Constitutions
Author: Frank BrennanPublisher:
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Category : Indigenous peoples
Languages : en
Pages : 5
Book Description
Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Constitutions Assessment Tool
Author: Amanda Cats-BarilPublisher: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
ISBN: 9176713245
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Constitutions Assessment Tool helps users to analyse a constitution from the perspective of indigenous peoples’ rights. Using a series of questions, short explanations and example provisions from constitutions around the world, the Assessment Tool guides its users through the text of a constitution and allows for systematic analysis of the language and provisions of a constitutional text to assess how robustly indigenous peoples’ rights are reflected in it. A constitution articulates a vision that reflects a state’s values and history, as well as its aspirational objectives for the future. As the supreme law of a state, the constitution defines its structure and institutions, distributes political power, and recognizes and protects fundamental rights, critically determining the relationship between citizens and governments. Embedding in a constitution recognition of and rights-based protections for specific groups, such as indigenous peoples, can give these groups and their rights enhanced protection. This can be furthered by providing for specialized institutions and processes to deepen the realization of those rights in practice.
The Position of Indigenous People in National Constitutions
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Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Broken Landscape
Author: Frank PommersheimPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199888280
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Broken Landscape is a sweeping chronicle of Indian tribal sovereignty under the United States Constitution and the way that legislators have interpreted and misinterpreted tribal sovereignty since the nation's founding. Frank Pommersheim, one of America's leading scholars in Indian tribal law, offers a novel and deeply researched synthesis of this legal history from colonial times to the present, confronting the failures of constitutional analysis in contemporary Indian law jurisprudence. He demonstrates that the federal government has repeatedly failed to respect the Constitution's recognition of tribal sovereignty. Instead, it has favored excessive, unaccountable authority in its dealings with tribes. Pommersheim argues that the Supreme Court has strayed from its Constitutional roots as well, consistently issuing decisions over two centuries that have bolstered federal power over the tribes. Closing with a proposal for a Constitutional amendment that would reaffirm tribal sovereignty, Broken Landscape challenges us to finally accord Indian tribes and Indian people the respect and dignity that are their due.
The Position of Indigenous People
Author: Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (Australia)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Justice and Reverse Discrimination
Author: Alan H. GoldmanPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400868602
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Through careful consideration of the mutually plausible yet conflicting arguments on both sides of the issue, Alan Goldman attempts to derive a morally consistent position on the justice (or injustice) of reverse discrimination. From a philosophical framework that appeals to a contractual model of ethics, he develops principles of rights, compensation, and equal opportunity. He then applies these principles to the issue at hand, bringing his conclusions to bear on an evaluation of Affirmative Action programs as they tend to work in practice. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The 1967 Referendum
Author: Bain AttwoodPublisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
ISBN: 0855755555
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
On 27 May 1967 a remarkable event occurred. An overwhelming majority of electors voted in a national referendum to amend clauses of the Australian Constitution concerning Aboriginal people. Today it is commonly regarded as a turning point in the history of relations between Indigenous and white Australians: a historic moment when citizenship rights -- including the vote -- were granted and the Commonwealth at long last assumed responsibility for Aboriginal affairs. Yet the constitutional changes entailed in the referendum brought about none of these things. "The 1967 Referendum" explores the legal and political significance of the referendum and the long struggle by black and white Australians for constitutional change. It traces the emergence of a series of powerful narratives about the Australian Constitution and the status of Aborigines, revealing how and why the referendum campaign acquired so much significance and has since become the subject of highly charged myth in contemporary Australia. Attwood and Markus's text is complemented by personal recollections and opinions about the referendum by a range of Indigenous people, and historical documents and illustrations.
Position of Indigenous People in National Constitutions
Author: Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Brazil
Author: Inter-American Commission on Human RightsPublisher: General Secretariat Organization of American States
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
D. THE INDIGENOUS LANDS
Conference Papers
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Languages : en
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Papers cover issues of concern to Torres Strait Islanders - implications of High Court'sdecision on native title, customary law, adoption practices, sea rights and resource rights - to be investigated by Torres Strait Working Party on Native Title; issues mentioned by Ernie Bridge include self-determination, Mabo decision, resource development, economic independence; papers also include comparative studies for the indigenous people of Canada and the United States.