Aborigines and police. by Hal Wootten

Despite a considerable degree of resistance to change in both Aboriginal and police cultures, rapid change is remaking both. Provided by MICAH, Canberra

Book Launch of 'Indigenous Futures' by Tim Rowse. Speech by Hal Wootten

Tim Rowse's book Indigenous Futures: Choice and Development for Aboriginal and Islander Australia, published by UNSW Press, was launched on 26 September 2002 by The Hon. Hal Wootten AC QC, Royal Commissioner into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1988-91). Indigenous Futures synthesises ten years of CAEPR research. In the book launch address reproduced below, Hal Wootten discusses the book and addresses some of its central themes

Mabo and the lawyers. by Hal Wootten

Where does the common law come from

Green and black after Mabo. by Hal Wootten

There is considerable common ground between conservationists and Aborigines in what they want to protect, but often for different reasons. Provided by MICAH, Canberra

Cleaning up the mess of empire? Evidence, time and memory in ‘historic justice’ cases concerning the former British Empire (2000-present)

This article discusses civic post-colonial historic justice lawsuits that have been filed in, and against, the United Kingdom (UK) since around 2000. By historic justice I mean cases which focus on events that from a legal perspective are considered ‘historic’ or ‘antique’ and which challenge the conventional temporal boundaries of law. The article analyses how a small group of gate-keeping judges have dealt with recent historic justice claims and to what extent they have embraced or rejected the law’s new role in cleaning up the mess of empire. I discuss some of the advances as well as challenges and setbacks of the historic justice experiment. I thereby especially focus on evidentiary challenges and disputes

Cleaning up the mess of empire? Evidence, time and memory in ‘historic justice’ cases concerning the former British Empire (2000-present)

This article discusses civic post-colonial historic justice lawsuits that have been filed in, and against, the United Kingdom since around 2000. By historic justice I mean cases which focus on events that from a legal perspective are considered ‘historic’ or ‘antique’ and which challenge the conventional temporal boundaries of law. The article analyses how a small group of gate-keeping judges, have dealt with recent historic justice claims and to what extent they have embraced or rejected the law’s new role in cleaning up the mess of empire. I discuss some of the advances as well as challenges and setbacks of the historic justice experiment. I especially focus on evidentiary challenges and disputes