2 April 2015

This scoping workshop brought together scholars working on theories of indigenous law, to explore the range of potential doctrinal, theoretical, and philosophical issues that are fundamental to understanding indigenous law(s) and indigenous-state legal interactions. These range from abstract issues of sovereignty, concepts of law, justice, governance and rights, to more specific doctrinal challenges in fields such as family law, property law, criminal law and environmental law; from procedural questions around dispute resolution, access, language and choice of law, to connections with other ‘pluralist’ legal orders including international, transnational, religious or customary law.

This scoping workshop explored and laid the foundations for a large-scale collaborative work in this emerging field, and consider the methodological challenges and guiding questions for a research agenda in philosophy of indigenous law.

Discussants
John Borrows (University of Victoria)
Claire Charters (University of Auckland)
Kirsty Gover (University of Melbourne)
Nicole Roughan (National University of Singapore)