Travelling our way or no way!: the collision of automobilities in Australian Northern Territory judicial narratives

The regulation of driving and cars has taken on increasingly criminal guises. Apart from the role of insurance companies and motor vehicle registries, criminal law has stepped in to penalise drivers and car owners through more draconian measures. This article examines the problems that this presents...

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Published inGriffith law review Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 281 - 306
Main Authors Anthony, Thalia, Tranter, Kieran
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 03.07.2018
Subjects
Automobility and the law
Criminal law
criminal sentencing
driving offending
Indigenous legal relations
Indigenous peoples
Law and legislation
Motor vehicles
Police power
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Traffic violations
AUSTRALIA
Northern Territory
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Summary:The regulation of driving and cars has taken on increasingly criminal guises. Apart from the role of insurance companies and motor vehicle registries, criminal law has stepped in to penalise drivers and car owners through more draconian measures. This article examines the problems that this presents for Indigenous drivers whose concepts of automobility are at odds with those of the nation state. It details the judicial narratives of this collision of automobilities in sentencing Indigenous drivers to argue that the Australian ‘settler state’ is continuing the practice of using mundane regulatory laws to dismantle and assimilate Indigenous communities.
Bibliography:GRIFFITH LAW REVIEW, Vol. 27, No. 3, Sep 2018, 281-306
Informit, Melbourne (Vic)
ISSN:1038-3441
1839-4205
DOI:10.1080/10383441.2018.1557370