Courting Transgression: Customary Law and Sexual Violence in Aboriginal Australia

Managing sexual transgression in Aboriginal Australia is particularly complex as, in some regions, appeals for justice may be made via two realms of jurisdiction, either customary law or the courts. This chapter assesses how the courts have responded to the significant rise in rape, domestic violenc...

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1. Verfasser:	Fiona Magowan
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Behavioral sciences Communities Courts of law Criminal law Criminal offenses Customary international law Domestic violence Families Human behavior Human populations Human societies International law Judicial system Kinship Law Men Persons Population studies Sexual violence Social dynamics Social groups Social institutions Social norms Social sciences Sociology Taboos Transgression Violence Violence against women
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Zusammenfassung:	Managing sexual transgression in Aboriginal Australia is particularly complex as, in some regions, appeals for justice may be made via two realms of jurisdiction, either customary law or the courts. This chapter assesses how the courts have responded to the significant rise in rape, domestic violence and sexual abuse cases amongst Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory. It considers how sexual taboos have been shaped by Aboriginal customary laws and impacted by colonial intervention as well as by postcolonial changes to kinship structures. Taking Yolngu of north-east Arnhem Land as a case study, I argue that kinship is central to