Divided Against Itself
Abstract This chapter examines how the prior occupation of Indigenous peoples compromises the acquisition of sovereignty over Australia and undermines the integrity of its governing institutions. It explains why the principle of terra nullius provides an unstable basis for the polity and how an adhe...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198805465.013.12 2024-04-07T07:52:29+00:00 Divided Against Itself Plural Sovereignties and the Australian State Muldoon, Paul 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198805465.013.12 https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/41688/chapter/353893841 unknown Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Australian Politics page 185-203 ISBN 9780198805465 9780191843532 book-chapter 2020 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198805465.013.12 2024-03-08T03:05:46Z Abstract This chapter examines how the prior occupation of Indigenous peoples compromises the acquisition of sovereignty over Australia and undermines the integrity of its governing institutions. It explains why the principle of terra nullius provides an unstable basis for the polity and how an adherence to conventional notions of sovereignty prevents it from developing a lawful relationship with First Nations. The chapter concludes by arguing for a more relational conception of political community in which Indigenous sovereignty is not suppressed out of fear of division. Book Part First Nations Oxford University Press 184 203 |
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