Customary Laws (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples) (HSC SSCE Legal Studies): Flashcards
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Oldest living cultures in the world
Oldest living cultures in the world
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Languages in use at European colonisation
Languages in use at European colonisation
More than 200 distinct languages
Customary law definition
Customary law definition
Principles from customs of a people, treated as obligatory
Terra nullius meaning
Terra nullius meaning
Land belonging to no one
The Dreaming
The Dreaming
Source of Indigenous law; creation and teaching stories
Indigenous view of people's relationship to land
Indigenous view of people's relationship to land
Custodians caring for land for future generations
Elders in Indigenous communities
Elders in Indigenous communities
Older people of wisdom/authority; keepers of traditional knowledge
Kinship definition
Kinship definition
Family relationships, including all extended family relationships
Sanction in customary law
Sanction in customary law
A penalty imposed on those who break the law
Mitigation in legal context
Mitigation in legal context
Making severity of an offence or sentence milder or less severe