Gununa peacemaking Informalism, cultural difference and contemporary Indigenous conflict management

• Published in: Social & legal studies Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 345 - 366
• Main Authors: Brigg, Morgan, Memmott, Paul, Venables, Philip, Zondag, Berry
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.06.2018
• Subjects: Mornington Island; customary law; legal pluralism; mediation; informalism; Aboriginal Australia; conflict

Informal conflict management implicitly claims to value cultural difference and to be able to mediate relations between cultural minorities and states. This article considers this claim in challenging circumstances borne of settler-colonialism by examining the cultural politics of the establishment...