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Land, Rights, Laws: Issues of Native Title

Land, Rights, Laws: Issues of Native Title is a multi-disciplinary series of research papers that analyse emerging issues in native title research in a condensed and accessible short form. The series allows practitioners and researchers to provide arguments in the context of well-defined subject areas and research methods. Papers are anonymously peer-reviewed by at least two independent experts and are generally between 3500 and 7000 words in length.

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Native title and traditional ownership issues papers

Cover Title Author Edition Date
Native Title Anthropology after the Timber Creek Decision
  • Pamela Faye McGrath
6:5 Jan, 2017
Wearing two hats: The conflicting governance roles of native title corporations and community/shire councils in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
  • Tran Tran
6:4 Mar, 2016
Gender and generation in native title cover Gender and generation in native title: Director demographics and the future of prescribed bodies corporate
  • Geoff Buchanan
6:3 Mar, 2015
Native Title Issues Paper cover Black and green revisited: Understanding the relationship between Indigenous and environmental political formations
  • David Ritter
6:2 Nov, 2014
issues paper cover In the Native Title 'hot tub': expert conferences and concurrent expert evidence in Native Title
  • Vance Hughston
  • Tina Jowett
6:1 Aug, 2014
issue paper cover Re-evaluating Mabo: the case for Native Title reform to remove discrimination and promote economic opportunity
  • Shireen Morris
5:3 Jun, 2012
issues paper cover Constitutional reform and its relationship with land justice
  • Sean Brennan
5:2 Oct, 2011
issues paper cover Recognising Indigenous peoples in the Australian Constitution: What the Constitution should say and how the referendum can be won
  • George Williams
5:1 Sep, 2011
issues paper cover Challenging the assumptions of positivism: An analysis of the concept of society in Sampi on behalf of the Bardi and Jawi People v Western Australia [2010] and Bodney v Bennell [2008]
  • Marcelle Burns
4:7 May, 2011
issues paper cover Housing on Native Title lands: responses to the housing amendments of the Native Title Act
  • Claire Stacey
  • Joe Fardin
4:6 Mar, 2011
issues paper cover Written proof: The appropriation of genealogical records in contemporary Arrernte society
  • Rebecca Morgan
  • Helen Wilmot
4:5 Sep, 2010
issues paper cover The family connection when a charity is for the advancement of Indigenous Peoples: Australia and New Zealand compared
  • Fiona Martin
  • Audrey Sharp
4:4 Nov, 2009
issue paper cover Negotiation in good faith under the Native Title Act: A critical analysis
  • Sarah Burnside
4:3 Oct, 2009
issues paper cover Native Title in Canada and Australia post Tsilhqot'in: Shared thinking or ships in the night?
  • Simon Young
4:2 Aug, 2009
issues paper cover Societies, communities and Native Title
  • Kingsley Palmer
4:1 Aug, 2009
issues paper cover Confessions of a native judge: Reflections on the role of transitional justice in the transformation of indigeneity
  • Chief Judge Joe Williams
3:14 Jun, 2008
Impacts and opportunities of climate change: Indigenous participation in environmental markets
  • Emily Gerrard
3:13 Apr, 2008
issues paper cover Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose?: The 2007 amendments to the Native Title Act
  • Justice Robert French
3:12 Feb, 2008
issues paper cover Ethnographic evidence, rights and interests, and Native Title claim research
  • Lisa Corbellini
3:11 Sep, 2007
issue paper cover Reforming the claims resolution process: Opportunities and obstacles
  • Graeme Neate
3:10 Aug, 2007
issue paper cover Native title and governance: The emerging corporate sector prescribed for Native Title holders
  • Jessica Weir
3:9 Jul, 2007
issue paper cover Jango: Payment of compensation for the extinguishment of Native Title
  • Tina Jowett
  • Kevin Williams
3:8 May, 2007
issue paper cover Anthropology and applications for the recognition of Native Title
  • Kingsley Palmer
3:7 Mar, 2007
issue paper cover Waiting for Mary: Process and practice issues in negotiating Native Title Indigenous decision-making and dispute management management frameworks
  • Toni Bauman
3:6 Jun, 2006
issue paper cover Balancing the scales of Indigenous land justice in Victoria
  • Dr Wayne Atkinson
3:5 Mar, 2006
issue paper cover Native title-holding groups and Native Title societies: Sampi v Western Australia
  • Dr Lisa Strelein
3:4 Nov, 2005
issue paper cover White picket fence or Trojan horse? The debate over communal ownership of Indigenous land and individual wealth creation
  • Dr Stuart Bradfield
3:3 Jun, 2005
issue paper cover Whose benefits? Whose rights? Negotiating rights and interests amongst Indigenous native title parties
  • Toni Bauman
3:2 Apr, 2005
issue paper cover Authorisation and replacement of applicants: Bolton v WA [2004] FCA 760
  • Dr Lisa Strelein
3:1 Mar, 2005
issue paper cover The recognition level of the native title claim group: A legal and policy perspective
  • Daniel Lavery
2:30 Dec, 2004
issue paper cover An anthropological perspective on writing for the court
  • Katie Glaskin
2:29 Sep, 2004
issue paper cover Promoting economic and social development through Native Title
  • The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
2:28 Aug, 2004
issue paper cover Practical reconciliation, practical re-colonisation?
  • John Borrows
2:27 May, 2004
issue paper cover Agreeing to terms: What is a �comprehensive’ agreement?
  • Dr Stuart Bradfield
2:26 Mar, 2004
issue paper cover Native Title and agreement making in the mining industry: Focusing on outcomes for Indigenous peoples
  • Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh
2:25 Feb, 2004
issue paper cover Beyond Yorta Yorta (Based on a paper prepared for the AIATSIS Native Title Conference Alice Springs ­June 2003)
  • John Basten QC
2:24 Oct, 2003
native issues paper cover Indigenous Pueblo culture and tradition in the justice system: Maintaining Indigenous language, thought and law in judicial review
  • Christine Zuni Cruz
2:23 Jun, 2003
issue paper cover �Abandonment’ or maintenance of country? A critical examination of mobility patterns and implications for Native Title
  • Dr Peter Veth
2:22 Apr, 2003
issue paper cover Members of the Yorta Yorta Aboriginal Community v Victoria [2002] HCA 58 (12 December 2002) - Comment
  • Dr Lisa Strelein
2:21 Feb, 2003
issues paper cover Negotiating comprehensive settlement of Native Title issues: Building a new scale of justice in South Australia
  • Parry Agius
  • Jocelyn Davies
  • Richie Howitt
  • Lesley Johns
2:20 Dec, 2002
issues paper cover Pastoral Access Protocols: The corrosion of Native Title by contract
  • Frances Flanagan
2:19 Nov, 2002
issues paper cover Winning native title: The experience of the Nharnuwangga, Wajarri and Ngarla People 
  • Michelle Riley
2:19 Nov, 2002
issue paper cover Diaspora, materialism, tradition: Anthropological issues in the recent High Court appeal of the Yorta Yorta
  • Dr James F. Weiner
2:18 Oct, 2002
issues paper cover Western Australia v Ward on Behalf of Miriuwung Gajerrong, High Court of Australia, 8 August 2002: Summary of Judgement
  • Dr Lisa Strelein
2:17 Aug, 2002
issues paper cover The international concept of equality of interest in the sea as it affects the conservation of the environment and indigenous interests
  • The Hon Anthony Mason
2:16 Jun, 2002
issues paper cover Preserving culture in federal court proceedings: Gender restrictions and anthropological experts
  • Greg McIntyre
  • Geoffrey Bagshaw
2:15 May, 2002
issues paper cover "Like something out of Kafka": The relationship between the roles of the National Native Title Tribunal and the Federal Court in the development of native title practice
  • Susan Phillips
2:14 Apr, 2002
issues paper cover Recent developments in native title law and practice: Issues for the High Court
  • John Basten QC
2:13 Feb, 2002
issues paper cover The beginning of certainty: Consent determinations of Native Title
  • Paul Sheiner
2:12 Nov, 2001
issues paper cover Expert witness or advocate? Emerging issues and future directions
  • Bruce Shaw
2:11 Oct, 2001
issues paper cover Review of Conference: Emerging issues and future directions
  • Graeme Neate
2:10 Oct, 2001
issues paper cover Anthropology and connection reports in Native Title claim applications
  • Dr Julie Finlayson
2:9 Aug, 2001
issue paper cover The content of Native Title: Questions for the Miriuwung Gajerrong Appeal
  • Gary Meyers
2:7 Nov, 2000
issues paper cover Economic issues in valuation of and compensation for loss of Native Title rights
  • David Campbell
2:8 Oct, 2000
issues paper cover Local and �diaspora’ connections to country and kin in central Cape York Peninsula
  • Benjamin Richard Smith
2:6 Sep, 2000
issues paper cover Limitations to the recognition and protection Native Title offshore: The current 'accident of History'
  • Katie Glaskin
2:5 Jun, 2000