Contextualising native title, and this volume / Sandy Toussaint -- 1. Raising the dead: reflections on native title process / Veronica Strang -- 2. Anthropology in native title court cases: 'mere pleading, expert opinion, or hearsay'? / David Trigger -- 3. A short ride on a time machine: linguistics, cultural history and native title / Patrick McConvell -- 4. Method, mechanism and mindset: collaborative approaches in native title / Wendy Asche -- 5. Beyond traditional law: better native title service provision / Jan Anderson -- 6. Designing institutions in the 'recognition space' of native title / David Martin -- 7. Outsourced professionals in native title claim research / Julie Finlayson and James Nugent -- 8. The evolving law of native title / Robert French -- 9. The rules for engagement / Fred Chaney -- 10. Confidentiality and privilege: legal proceedings and anthropological research / Carolyn Tan -- 11. Nharnuwangga, Wajarri and Ngarlawangga consent determination / Philip Vincent -- 12. Lawyers and rats: critical legal theory and native title / David Ritter and Frances Flanagan -- 13. Reflecting on past practice: the Alice Springs Arrernte claim / Mandy Paul -- 14. Three-legged elephants: native title histories / Neville Green -- 15. Working as a barrister on the Miriuwung Gajerrong native title claim / Michael Barker QC -- 16. Working as an anthropologist on the Miriuwung Gajerrong native title claim / Will Christiensen -- 17. Working as a historian on the Miriuwung Gajerrong native title claim / Christine Choo -- Afterword / Sandy Toussaint and Will Christensen
Summary
A cross-disciplinary exploration of native title work
Analysis
Native title
Aboriginal land rights
Aboriginal culture
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index