Apologies and the Legacy of an Unlawful Application of Terra Nullius in Terra Australis
The use of the legal fiction, terra nullius, as it was erroneously applied to Terra Australis, Australia, as a legal doctrine, supported the British colonial power’s right to settle that territory. Since then, many unspoken (as well as acknowledged) acts of structural and direct violence have been p...
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crunivbuckingpr:10.5750/dlj.v32i1.1922 2024-06-02T08:06:42+00:00 Apologies and the Legacy of an Unlawful Application of Terra Nullius in Terra Australis Pitt-Walker, Stephen 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/dlj.v32i1.1922 http://ubplj.org/index.php/dlj/article/download/1922/1631 unknown University of Buckingham Press https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 The Denning Law Journal volume 32, issue 1, page 177-190 ISSN 0269-1922 0269-1922 journal-article 2021 crunivbuckingpr https://doi.org/10.5750/dlj.v32i1.1922 2024-05-07T14:18:43Z The use of the legal fiction, terra nullius, as it was erroneously applied to Terra Australis, Australia, as a legal doctrine, supported the British colonial power’s right to settle that territory. Since then, many unspoken (as well as acknowledged) acts of structural and direct violence have been perpetrated against the First Nations population in Australia via the imposition, and later ‘reception’, of the legal system and laws of England, as well as the dominant socio-political system, that represented the British Crown. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Buckingham Press (UBP) Terra Australis ENVELOPE(-62.900,-62.900,-64.900,-64.900) The Denning Law Journal 32 1 177 190 |
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The use of the legal fiction, terra nullius, as it was erroneously applied to Terra Australis, Australia, as a legal doctrine, supported the British colonial power’s right to settle that territory. Since then, many unspoken (as well as acknowledged) acts of structural and direct violence have been perpetrated against the First Nations population in Australia via the imposition, and later ‘reception’, of the legal system and laws of England, as well as the dominant socio-political system, that represented the British Crown. |
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Apologies and the Legacy of an Unlawful Application of Terra Nullius in Terra Australis |
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Apologies and the Legacy of an Unlawful Application of Terra Nullius in Terra Australis |
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