March 2003 Volume 5, Issue 23
The March 2003 issue of the Indigenous Law Bulletin features discussion about how promised marriages under customary law are dealt with by courts, community opinion about the review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, a feature on stolen generations litigation, as well as casenotes, news and updates, a book review and more.
News and Updates
Thamarrurr Council breaks new ground
by Lachlan HarrisLearning about native title: An online and CD Rom learning resource
by Ed Wensing
Community Talk
Our own backyards
by Hannah McGladeReviewing ATSIC’s performance: How do we judge politics?
by James ReynoldsProfile of the Geraldton Resource Centre
by Zane D’Mello
Feature
The stolen generation and sentencing of Indigenous offenders
by Richard Edney
Stirrings
Chronology of the stolen generations litigation 1993 — 2003
by Chris Cunneen and Julia Grix
Casenotes
Employers’ duties of cultural sensitivity: Good Health Wanganui v Burberry
by Catherine J Iorns MagallanesSpecial circumstances and the common law: Eatock v Secretary, Department of Family and Community Services
by Kirsten StorryPromised marriages: The Jackie Pascoe case
by Gerard Bryant
Book Review
One dead Indian: The Premier, the police and the Ipperwash crisis
by Peter Edwards
reviewed by James Hopkins
Regular
Recent Happenings