Should Customary Law be recognized by the courts?

I once asked an old Warlpiri man from Yuendumu, who’d worked as a police tracker for many years, why there were so many young Aboriginal blokes locked up in the Alice Springs jail. He answered; “There’s yapa (Aboriginal law) here,” indicating with his raised right hand, “and there’s kardiya (whitefella law) here,” raising his left [...]

Dec 22, 2009 | Categories: Issues, The Same Page | Tags: bush law, bush law documentary, indigenous, indigenous affairs, race relations, violence | 10 Comments »