Access to justice for Aboriginal People in the Northern Territory

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ID11228293
AuthorsChris Cunneen (0000-0002-3348-9282, James Cook University, corresponding author), Fiona Allison (0000-0002-7808-9266, James Cook University), Melanie Schwartz (UNSW Sydney)
Year2014
Volume49
Issue2
Pages219-240
Publication date2014-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.1839-4655.2014.tb00309.x
OpenAlexW111527023
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited4

This article discusses research in the Northern Territory on Aboriginal civil and family law needs. It is based on focus group discussions and interviews with legal services providers and other associated organisations. The article argues that key areas of legal need involve discrimination, housing, child protection, social security, credit/debt and consumer law problems. It further argues that welfare conditionality, particularly as embodied in the NT Intervention and subsequent Stronger Futures policies, has exacerbated the need for legal assistance and advocacy for Aboriginal people

Business · Conditionality · Debt · Economic growth · Economic Justice · Economics · Embodied cognition · Focus group · Futures contract · Intervention (counseling · Legal service · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social Welfare · Welfare · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Legal principles and applications · Public Administration · Finance

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