03939nam a22006015i 4500 978-981-99-7121-3 DE-He213 20251030110854.0 cr nn 008mamaa 231201s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819971213 978-981-99-7121-3 10.1007/978-981-99-7121-3 doi K3154-3370 LND bicssc LAW018000 bisacsh LND thema Harris, Bede. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 68273 Indigenous Peoples and Constitutional Reform in Australia [electronic resource] : Beyond Mere Recognition / by Bede Harris. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XXIII, 298 p. 1 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 1. Terminology, values and identity -- 2. How we got here – the reform debate from 2010-2015 -- 3. Sovereignty and the impact of colonisation -- 4. Treaty-making and its limitations -- 5. Self-determination and an Indigenous state -- 6. Legal pluralism -- 7. Rights, race and culture -- 8. The Voice to Parliament -- 9. Indigenous parliamentary representation -- 10.Summary of reforms and the way forward. This book examines whether Australia’s constitution should be reformed so as to enable the country to fulfil its obligations under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which it ratified in 2009. The book surveys the history of the constitutional status of Australia’s Indigenous peoples from the time of colonisation through to the current debate on ‘Indigenous constitutional recognition’. However, it argues that the term ‘Indigenous constitutional recognition', implying that mere acknowledgement of the existence of Indigenous peoples is sufficient to meet their legitimate expectations, misrepresents the nature of the project the country needs to engage in. The book argues that Australia should instead embark upon a reform programme directed towards substantive, and not merely symbolic, constitutional change. It argues that only by the inclusion in the constitution of enforceable constitutional rightscan the power imbalance between Indigenous Australians and the rest of society be addressed. Taking a comparative approach and drawing upon the experience of other jurisdictions, the book proposes a comprehensive constitutional reform programme, and includes the text of constitutional amendments designed to achieve the realisation of the rights of Australia’s Indigenous peoples. It ends with a call to improve the standard of civics education so as to overcome voter apprehension towards constitutional change. . Constitutional law. Public law . 68274 Human rights. 58427 Political science. 58714 Australasia. 68275 History. Race. 67750 Constitutional Law. Public Law. 68276 Human Rights. 58427 Governance and Government. 68277 Australian History. 68278 Race and Ethnicity Studies. 67752 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819971206 Printed edition: 9789819971220 Printed edition: 9789819971237 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7121-3 ZDB-2-LCR ZDB-2-SXLC 56826 56826