Over-regulation of Indigenous law?: The 'Burial and Cremation Bill 2019' (NT)

The Northern Territory's 'Burial and Cremation Bill 2019' has been criticised as a gross form of disrespect to traditional Aboriginal law, with Indigenous people arguing that the Bill criminalises the operation of Aboriginal law on Aboriginal land, and may lead to an increase in alrea...

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Published inAlternative law journal Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 47 - 52
Main Author Gray, Stephen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Clayton, Vic SAGE Publications 01.03.2021
Legal Service Bulletin Co-Operative Ltd
Subjects
Burial laws
Cemeteries
Civil rights
Cremation
Criminal law
Customary law
Imprisonment
Indigenous peoples
Law
Law and legislation
Legal studies
Native peoples
AUSTRALIA
Northern Territory
Indigenous legal issues
customary law
criminal law
Indigenous rights
Colonialism
coronial
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Summary:The Northern Territory's 'Burial and Cremation Bill 2019' has been criticised as a gross form of disrespect to traditional Aboriginal law, with Indigenous people arguing that the Bill criminalises the operation of Aboriginal law on Aboriginal land, and may lead to an increase in already high incarceration rates. Should the law in this area seek to strike a 'balance' between Aboriginal law and the policy goals of non-Aboriginal law, including policing and record-keeping; or should Indigenous people be left free to carry out traditional law in an area of great cultural and historical sensitivity?
Bibliography:Alternative Law Journal, Vol. 46, No. 1, Mar 2021, 47-52
Informit, Melbourne (Vic)
ISSN:1037-969X
2398-9084
DOI:10.1177/1037969X20974796