In a break from the contemporary focus on the law's response to inter-racial crime, the authors examine the law's approach to the victimization of one Indigenous person by another. Drawing on a wealth of archival material relating to homicides in Australia, they conclude that settlers and Indigenous peoples still live in the shadow of empire.

Subject matter of global historic significance Interdisciplinary crosses law and the political and social sciences The authors are wellknown in this field Strong international appeal Draws on unpublished archival research and unreported cases

Autorentext
HEATHER DOUGLAS is a professor at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

MARK FINNANE is ARC Australian Professorial Fellow and Chief Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security, Griffith University, Australia.

Inhalt
Introduction: Histories.- 'Troublesome Friends and Dangerous Enemies'.- Amenable to the Law.- The Exercise of Jurisdiction.- A Question of Custom.- Equality Before the Law.- Towards Formal Recognition.- 'Benign Pessimism': A National Emergency.- Conclusion: Sovereignties.