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Indigenous Courts And Justice Practices In Australia, E Marchetti, Kathleen Daly
Indigenous Courts And Justice Practices In Australia, E Marchetti, Kathleen Daly
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Indigenous participation in sentencing procedures has been occurring informally in remote communities for some time. During the late 1990s, formalisation of this practice began in urban areas with the advent of Indigenous sentencing and Circle Courts. Formalisation has also occurred in remote areas. The aim has been to make court processes more culturally appropriate, to engender greater trust between Indigenous communities and judicial officers, and to permit a more informal and open exchange of information about defendants and their cases. Indigenous people, organisations, elders, family and kin group members are encouraged to participate in the sentencing process and to provide …
Australia's Regulation Of Genetically Modified Crops: Are We Risking Sustainability?, Fern Wickson
Australia's Regulation Of Genetically Modified Crops: Are We Risking Sustainability?, Fern Wickson
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
The commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops is being accompanied by a debate with scientific, social, ethical, legal and metaphysical dimensions. In the face of this complex debate, governments need to regulate GM crops in a way that minimises negative impacts on biological and social environments. This paper is a critical examination of Australia's regulatory framework for the deliberate environmental release of GM crops, specifically in terms of its ability to advance ecologically and socially sustainable agriculture. Following a description of the novel nature of GM crops, I discuss how the approach selected, the definition of key terms and the …