Ross Cranston
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199292073
- eISBN:
- 9780191700699
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199292073.003.0008
- Subject:
- Law, Legal Profession and Ethics
This chapter describes the negative influence of European law on the lives of Aboriginals in Australia. In providing an overview of law's role ...
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This chapter describes the negative influence of European law on the lives of Aboriginals in Australia. In providing an overview of law's role in white-Aboriginal relations during the period since 1788, this chapter first begins by explaining the status of the courts accorded the Aboriginals and on the implication of this for matters such as their civil and land rights It then addresses the destructive public policies enshrined in legislation, such as the protective-segregative policies for Aboriginals of full descent, and the assimilation policies for those of mixed descent. Furthermore, it tries to draw these themes together with some observations on the role in recent decades of the law in Aboriginal affairs. It is stated that the successful working of the civil law depends on individuals knowing and taking advantage of their rights.Less
This chapter describes the negative influence of European law on the lives of Aboriginals in Australia. In providing an overview of law's role in white-Aboriginal relations during the period since 1788, this chapter first begins by explaining the status of the courts accorded the Aboriginals and on the implication of this for matters such as their civil and land rights It then addresses the destructive public policies enshrined in legislation, such as the protective-segregative policies for Aboriginals of full descent, and the assimilation policies for those of mixed descent. Furthermore, it tries to draw these themes together with some observations on the role in recent decades of the law in Aboriginal affairs. It is stated that the successful working of the civil law depends on individuals knowing and taking advantage of their rights.
Dorothy Roberts
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300098006
- eISBN:
- 9780300135305
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300098006.003.0023
- Subject:
- Law, Employment Law
This chapter explains the collective harm of sexual harassment, which affects the status of all women in the workplace where it occurs, in the labor market, and in society as a whole. Although sexual ...
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This chapter explains the collective harm of sexual harassment, which affects the status of all women in the workplace where it occurs, in the labor market, and in society as a whole. Although sexual harassment inflicts a personal injury on the victim, “it is a social wrong and a social injury that occurs on a personal level.” It is this aspect of sexual harassment—its discrimination on the basis of sex—that brings it within the purview of Title VII. The chapter reiterates the importance of recognizing sexual harassment's collective injury, especially in considering the question of whether or not harassing speech is protected by the First Amendment. It focuses on the most common claim of sexual harassment in the workplace: harassment of women by men.Less
This chapter explains the collective harm of sexual harassment, which affects the status of all women in the workplace where it occurs, in the labor market, and in society as a whole. Although sexual harassment inflicts a personal injury on the victim, “it is a social wrong and a social injury that occurs on a personal level.” It is this aspect of sexual harassment—its discrimination on the basis of sex—that brings it within the purview of Title VII. The chapter reiterates the importance of recognizing sexual harassment's collective injury, especially in considering the question of whether or not harassing speech is protected by the First Amendment. It focuses on the most common claim of sexual harassment in the workplace: harassment of women by men.
