Past Issue

Volume 10 Number 1

CONTENTS

Commentary

Legal Pluralism and a Bill of Rights – The South African Experience
Bede Harris

Court and Tribunal Decisions

Australia
Clarke on behalf of the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk Peoples v State of Victoria
[2005] FCA 1795
Sampi v State of Western Australia (No 3) [2005] FCA 1716
The Queen v GJ [2005] NTCCA 20
Rubibi Community v State of Western Australia (No 6) [2006] FCA 82
Riley v State of Queensland [2006] FCA 72
Koara People v State of Western Australia [2006] FCA 66

Canada
Hupcasath First Nation v British Columbia (Minister of Forests), 2005 BCSC 1712
Mikisew Cree v Canada (Minister of Canadian Heritage), 2005 SCC 69

Legislative Developments

Australia
Commonwealth Waste Management Act (2005) (Cth)

Inquiries and Reports

Australia
Reforming the Uniform Evidence Acts in Respect of Traditional Laws and Customs
Edward Santow

Uniform Evidence Law: Final Report
Law Reform Commission of Western Australia – Discussion Paper on Aboriginal Customary Laws
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner – Social Justice Report 2005
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner – Native Title Report 2005

Agreements and Treaties

Canada
A Reflection of the Nature of the Political Community? The In-Principle Agreement as to Canadian Residential Schools Compensation
Barbara Ann Hocking

Canadian Residential Schools Agreement in Principle
First Ministers and National Aboriginal Leaders – Kelowna Agreement

Indigenous Statements

Americas
Declaration of the Second Indigenous Peoples Summit of the Americas

International Developments

Nunatsiavut Government Comes into Effect
UN Commission on Human Rights: Working Group on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee: Canada