First Knowledges Law

Aaron Corn, Marcia Langton

Description

Our Laws are forever present and provide the pathways for all Australians to truly learn how to belong to this continent.' - June Oscar
'No other current work has been able to so comprehensively explain the significance of traditional law in all its manifestations.' - Henry Reynolds
Law is culture, and culture is law. Given by the ancestors and cultivated over millennia, Indigenous law defines what it is to be human. Complex and evolving, law holds the keys to resilient, caring communities and a life in balance with nature.
Marcia Langton and Aaron Corn show how Indigenous law has enabled people to survive and thrive in Australia for more than 2000 generations. Nurturing people and places, law is the foundation of all Indigenous societies in Australia, giving them the tools to respond and adapt to major environmental and social changes. But law is not a thing of the past. These living, sophisticated systems are as powerful now as they have ever been, if not more so.
Law: The Way of the Ancestors challenges readers to consider how Indigenous law can inspire new ways forward for us all in the face of global crises.

Sujets

• Indigenous Peoples
• Droit et juridique
• Naciones Originarias de Canadá
• Indigenous Australians
• Traditional knowledge
• First Nations
• LAW
• Premières nations

Informations

• Publié par: Thames & Hudson Australia Pty Ltd
• Date de parution: 25 avril 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781760762834
• Langue: English

Extrait

What do you need to know to prosper for 65,000 years or more? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians.

Law is culture, and culture is law. Given by the ancestors and cultivated over millennia, Indigenous law defines what it is to be human. Complex and evolving, law holds the keys to resilient, caring communities and a life in balance with nature.

Marcia Langton and Aaron Corn show how Indigenous law has enabled people to survive and thrive in Australia for more than 2000 generations. Nurturing people and places, law is the foundation of all Indigenous societies in Australia, giving them the tools to respond and adapt to major environmental and social changes. But law is not a thing of the past. These living, sophisticated systems are as powerful now as they have ever been, if not more so.

Law: The Way of the Ancestors challenges readers to consider how Indigenous law can inspire new ways forward for us all in the face of global crises.

Marcia Langton AO, PhDthe granddaughter of a Yiman man and an anthropologist, is geographer and public intellectual. She is a Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and has held the Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne since 2000.

Aaron Corn, PhD is the Professor and Inaugural Director of the Indigenous Knowledge Institute at the University of Melbourne. He has a background in music, collections management and Indigenous knowledge and is Director of the National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance in Australia.

This is the sixth title in the First Knowledges series. The next book in the series, Innovation, will be published in 2023.

Praise forLaw…

‘This book is a powerful testament to the truth that Australia – the lands, seas, waters and rivers, islands and skies – are imbued with First Nations’ laws. It proves that our laws are not lost or distant but are being practised everywhere, in ceremony, performance, dialogue, and legal and political decision-making, weaving ways of being into existence, maintaining our cultures, country and life as they have done for millennia. Our laws are forever present and provide the pathways for all Australians to truly learn how to belong to this continent.’ —June Oscar

‘This is an important book! While deeply researched, it has been presented in a way that makes it easily accessible to the general reader, and it is perfectly attuned to the present moment of truth telling which has arisen in the wake of the Uluru Statement of 2017. No other current work has been able to so comprehensively explain the significance of traditional law in all its manifestations and provide us the means to understand The Way of the Ancestors.’ —Henry Reynolds

Praise for the First Knowledges series …

‘This beautiful, important series is a gift and a tool. Use it well.’ —Tara June Winch

‘An in-depth understanding of Indigenous expertise and achievement across six fields of