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Aboriginal Human Rights And The Australian Criminal Justice System: Self-Determination As A Solution?, Luke Mcnamara Nov 2012

Aboriginal Human Rights And The Australian Criminal Justice System: Self-Determination As A Solution?, Luke Mcnamara

Luke McNamara

No abstract provided.


Criminal Laws: Materials And Commentary On Criminal Law And Process In Nsw, David Brown, David Farrier, Sandra Egger, Luke Mcnamara, Alex Steel Nov 2012

Criminal Laws: Materials And Commentary On Criminal Law And Process In Nsw, David Brown, David Farrier, Sandra Egger, Luke Mcnamara, Alex Steel

Luke McNamara

This third edition of Criminal Laws continues and extends the features that made the second edition the leading tertiary criminal law teaching and resource book in NSW and the ACT, highly influential in other states, and a must for practitioners working in criminal law.It combines: key primary materials for students, in the form of the leading cases and statutes; extracts from secondary literature, which provide context and commentary from a range of perspectives and disciplines; and extensive critical commentary by the authors.Criminal law is approached as a mode of regulation with specific limits, and a sceptical attitude is maintained to …


Brown, Farrier, Neal And Weisbrot's Criminal Laws: Materials And Commentary On Criminal Law And Process Of New South Wales, David Brown, David Farrier, Sandra Egger, Luke Mcnamara Nov 2012

Brown, Farrier, Neal And Weisbrot's Criminal Laws: Materials And Commentary On Criminal Law And Process Of New South Wales, David Brown, David Farrier, Sandra Egger, Luke Mcnamara

Luke McNamara

The success of Criminal Laws lies both in its distinctive features and in its appeal to a range of readerships. As one review put it, it is simultaneously a "textbook, casebook, handbook and reference work". As such it is ideal for criminal law and criminal justice courses as a teaching text, combining as it does primary sources with extensive critical commentary and a contextual perspective.It is likewise indispensable to practitioners for its detailed coverage of substantive law and its extensive references and inter-disciplinary approach make it a first point of call for researchers from all disciplines.This fourth edition strengthens these …


Indigenous Community Participation In The Sentencing Of Criminal Offenders: Circle Sentencing, Luke Mcnamara Nov 2012

Indigenous Community Participation In The Sentencing Of Criminal Offenders: Circle Sentencing, Luke Mcnamara

Luke McNamara

Recently the New South Wales Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee (‘AJAC’) released a discussion paper titled Circle Sentencing: Involving Aboriginal Communities in the Sentencing Process. The paper proposed that ‘circle sentencing’—a community-based sentence determination procedure which originated in Canadian Indigenous communities—be trialled in selected Aboriginal communities in New South Wales. Almost 10 years after the release of the final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody the need for alternatives to the conventional processes of criminal justice administration in Indigenous communities is as great as ever. Therefore, practical initiatives such as the AJAC proposal for a circle sentencing …


The Aboriginal Justice Inquiry Of Manitoba: A Fresh Approach To The "Problem" Of Over-Representation In The Criminal Justice System, Luke Mcnamara Nov 2012

The Aboriginal Justice Inquiry Of Manitoba: A Fresh Approach To The "Problem" Of Over-Representation In The Criminal Justice System, Luke Mcnamara

Luke McNamara

No abstract provided.


Appellate Court Scrutiny Of Circle Sentencing, Luke Mcnamara Nov 2012

Appellate Court Scrutiny Of Circle Sentencing, Luke Mcnamara

Luke McNamara

One of the most significant features of circle sentencing as developed in Canada in recent years is the central role of the judiciary. That is, in cooperation with First Nations communities, judges, rather than legislators or justice department bureaucrats, have been responsible for the adoption of circle sentencing as a recognized process in Canadian criminal justice. Luke Mcnamara reviews the manner in which provincial and territorial appellate courts have responded to the emergence of circle sentencing gin their respective jurisdictions. His aim is to illuminate the actual and potential impact of appellate court scrutiny of circle sentencing. Toward this end, …


Review Article: Aboriginal Peoples And Canadian Criminal Justice; Aboriginal Perspectives On Criminal Justice, Luke Mcnamara Nov 2012

Review Article: Aboriginal Peoples And Canadian Criminal Justice; Aboriginal Perspectives On Criminal Justice, Luke Mcnamara

Luke McNamara

No abstract provided.


Current Issues In Criminal Justice, L. Mcnamara Nov 2012

Current Issues In Criminal Justice, L. Mcnamara

Luke McNamara

No abstract provided.