Aboriginal Australia When Australia was first settled in 1788 the international law of terra nullius was applied. ... Australia was annexed under the legal tradition of settlement. ... Over the past century and indeed the last decade Australia's history is being rewritten with the rejection of the doctrine of terra nullius through the High Court. ... Major developments in recent history in regards to native title have been the court's decisions in the Mabo case (1992) and the Wik case (1993). ... Indigenous Australians criticized this delay. ...

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When the British arrived in Australia, they declared the land Terra Nullius. ... This resulted in the British declaring sovereignty over Australia and taking over the Australian commonwealth of property and land. ... "In terms of civil law, the High Court appears to acknowledge that indigenous customary law can and does co-exist with Australian common law." ... This is because the European system is one that has been imposed on them and has never, throughout history, put the needs and customs of the Aborigines first. The integration of Aboriginal customary law into the Australian legal system...

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Aboriginal occupation of Australia Archaeologists and prehistorians have dated the presence of Aboriginal people in Australia back about 50,000 years. It has been estimated that between 300,000 and 750,000 Aboriginal people were living in Australian in 1788. ... In its 1992 decision in Mabo v QLD (No 2), the High Court rejected the doctrine that Australia was 'terra nullius', but held that Australia was a settled colony in which the common law recognised native title to land. ... A law made under this power may preserve the material evidence of the history and culture of Aborigin...

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The complainant stated that other traumatic areas of the trial were related to the Corroboration warning and the fact that certain elements of her past sexual history were apparently still admissible. ... The ongoing use of this, despite being legislated against in all Australian states except Queensland, creates an impression that complainants have not been truthful in their testimonies. ... The admissibility of a complainant's previous sexual history is another area where despite legislation, the discretion of magistrates and the cleverly constructed questioning by the defence coun...

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In the same way Australian law has used the concept of "terra nullius," the legal myth that Australia had no previous owners. ... The history was much more brutal, with extensive warfare and the extermination of whole tribes. ... The history involves warfare, brutality and manipulation. ...

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"After reading Twelve Angry Men we feel confident in the American legal system." Do you agree with this statement? In your response discuss HOW the play position us to think about the jury system. " It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer." - Sir William Black...

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