Part I. The Comparative Context -- 1. Native Title in Australia -- 2. A Snapshot of the Key Comparative Jurisdictions -- 3. A Defence of Comparative Analysis -- Part II. The Conceptualisation of Native Title in the Key Comparative Jurisdictions -- 4. The United States -- 5. Canada -- 6. New Zealand -- 7. The Basic Tenets of the Comparative Doctrines -- Part III. Mabo Re-visited -- 8. Pre-Mabo Precedent -- 9. Laws, Customs and 'Tradition' in the Original Mabo Decision -- Part IV. Post-Mabo: The Australian Anomaly -- 10. Statutory Intervention -- 11. Continuing Encouragement for the 'Laws and Customs' Focus -- 12. The Excesses in the Australian Case Law -- Part V. A Reinterpretation of the Australian Native Title Doctrine -- 13. A Final Critique of the Stricter Australian Approach -- 14. Glimpses of a less 'Tradition'-focused Methodology -- 15. Three-point Plan: A Way Forward for Native Title in Australia -- 16. Concluding Comments
Summary
This book is a broad and detailed examination of the native title' jurisprudence in the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, with a specific focus on the handling of Indigenous community change' in each country's case law