Compromised Jurisprudence: Native Title Cases Since Mabo, 2nd Edition

✍ Scribed by Lisa Strelein

• Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 271
• Edition: Second edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The effects of the evolution of native title on Australian jurisprudence are carefully examined in this updated chronicle that covers everything from the original decision Mabo v Queensland [No.2] to the significant High Court cases in 2002 and the recent Bennell decision in 2008. This remarkably accessible exploration provides critical analysis of 10 significant cases, a time line that maps the trajectory of key doctrines, and identification of the underlying themes and contradictions in the law. Containing an updated, annotated case list and a revised introduction and conclusion that comment on recent developments, this new edition of a unique critique will be infinitely useful to scholars, students, legal practitioners, the judiciary, and policy makers, among others.

✦ Table of Contents

Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface
......Page 10
Acknowledgments
......Page 12
Introduction
......Page 14
The law before Mabo
......Page 15
The legislative responses
......Page 16
The Racial Discrimination Act and compensation
......Page 18
Wik and the Ten-Point Plan
......Page 19
Relationship between the common law and the legislation
......Page 20
1. Recognising native title in Australian law:
Mabo v Queensland [No. 2]......Page 22
Establishing title
......Page 23
The nature and content of native title
......Page 27
Extinguishing title
......Page 29
Wrongful extinguishment
......Page 31
Conclusion
......Page 34
2. Coexistence and necessary inconsistency:
Wik Peoples v Queensland......Page 35
Nature of the inquiry
......Page 36
History of pastoral leases under statute
......Page 37
Applying the rules of statutory construction
......Page 38
The arguments in favour of exclusive possession
......Page 39
Arguments against exclusive possession
......Page 42
The conditional nature of the grant
......Page 43
Conclusions as to necessary extinguishment
......Page 44
Extinguishment and the test of inconsistency
......Page 46
3. The vulnerability of native title: Fejo v Northern Territory
......Page 49
The freehold question
......Page 50
A ‘bundle of rights’
......Page 51
A unique title
......Page 52
A new vulnerability
......Page 53
Revival and extinguishment
......Page 54
Conclusion
......Page 56
The nature of property
......Page 57
Extinguishment, inconsistency and regulation
......Page 58
Conclusion
......Page 61
5. Native title offshore: Commonwealth v Yarmirr
......Page 62
Crown sovereignty over the sea
......Page 63
The public rights to navigate and to fish
......Page 65
Non-exclusivity and enforcement
......Page 66
Conclusion
......Page 67
6. Redefining extinguishment: Western Australia v Ward
......Page 68
Extinguishment under the Native Title Act 1993
......Page 70
The ‘bundle of rights’ debate
......Page 74
Connection to land
......Page 76
Non-exclusive native title
......Page 78
Principles for extinguishment under the Native Title Act
......Page 81
Partial extinguishment and coexistence
......Page 84
Conclusion
......Page 85
Tradition and continuity in Yorta Yorta
......Page 87
The intersection of normative systems
......Page 89
What has to be proved
......Page 90
Continuity and change in tradition
......Page 91
Conclusion
......Page 93
The statutory framework
......Page 95
Public purpose and private benefit
......Page 96
The absence of clear and plain intent
......Page 97
Conclusion
......Page 99
9. Implementing the High Court’s jurisprudence:
De Rose v South Australia [No. 2]......Page 100
Connection to land
......Page 101
Social and political life
......Page 102
Physical access
......Page 103
The evidence of Indigenous witnesses and the role of experts
......Page 104
The Federal Court appeal
......Page 105
Who can claim native title?
......Page 107
Determining the impact of partial extinguishment
......Page 109
10. Continuity and change: Bodney v Bennell
......Page 110
The existence of a Noongar society
......Page 111
The continuity question
......Page 112
Continuity and ‘unacceptable’ change
......Page 113
‘For each generation’
......Page 118
Communal title and the recognition level
......Page 120
Connection
......Page 125
Conclusion
......Page 127
11. The development of native title jurisprudence
......Page 129
12. The jurisprudence of native title:
‘Recognition’ and ‘protection’......Page 139
Native title and the assertion of Crown sovereignty
......Page 141
Non-recognition
......Page 143
The juxtaposition of recognition and denial
......Page 146
What is recognised: the nature and extent of the title
......Page 148
Sustaining recognition: the maintenance of connection
......Page 152
The ‘recognition level’: who holds native title?
......Page 154
The limits of protection: extinguishment of native title
......Page 157
Conclusion
......Page 161
Notes
......Page 164
Annotated case list
......Page 196
Bibliography
......Page 244
Index
......Page 255