Walker v. State of New South Wales

In: International law reports, Band 112, S. 658-661

Abstract

658Territory — Sovereignty — Laws applicable in territory — Aboriginal people living in territory of New South Wales — Applicability of criminal laws of New South Wales to aboriginals — Whether Commonwealth and State parliaments having legislative capacity with respect to aboriginals — Whether aboriginal consent to laws necessary — Whether new source of sovereignty residing in aboriginal people — Customary aboriginal criminal law — Whether surviving British settlement — Whether Australian criminal law accommodating parallel operation of customary criminal law — Effect of Mabo v. Queensland (No. 2) — The law of Australia