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Alternative title: A Mabo Memoir : Islan Kustom to Native Title
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 Mabo in the Courts : Islander Tradition to Native Title : A Memoir
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'Mabo in the Courts is the story of a court case that is a landmark in Australian legal and political history. Narrated by an insider, a lawyer who acted for the plaintiffs, it is at once a memoir and a factual account of dramatic, long-drawn-out, unlikely legal proceedings. The author has also set it against his reflections on the culture and history of the Meriam people of the Torres Strait; his client Eddie Mabo's motivations and premature death; the cut-and-thrust of exchanges between contesting counsel, and between counsel and judges; the effects on the proceedings of political influence and pressure; and the legacy of the High Court's decision, twenty years on.

The Mabo Case was a quest for justice by a group of Murray Islanders. In the history of the common law, scores of other cases dealing with Indigenous land rights have been heard in the courts of the former British Empire, and from the Indigenous perspective some were won, some were lost. Mabo, most importantly, was the first of such cases to succeed in Australia.' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Melbourne, Flemington - North Melbourne area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2011 .
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      Extent: 2v (xxvii, 608; vi, 191 p.)p.
      Description: col. ill., facsims., geneal. tables, maps, ports.
      Note/s:
      • Mabo in the Courts was launched at the Melbourne Writers Festival by former High Court Justice, the Honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG.
      ISBN: 9781921875212, 1921875216
    • Malvern, South Yarra - Glen Iris area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Zemvic Press , 2013 .
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      Alternative title: A Mabo Memoir : Islan Kustom to Native Title
      Extent: xxviii, 679 p., [32] p. of platesp.
      Edition info: 2nd edition
      Description: ill. (chiefly col.), maps, ports.
      ISBN: 9780646591612 (hbk.)

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The 'Unknown Story' of the Mabo Case : Read the Truth Andrew Passi , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 12-18 June no. 1270 2017; (p. 10)
[Review Essay] : Mabo in The Courts: Islander Tradition to Native Title: A Memoir Sarah Burnside , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 2013; (p. 103-105)

— Review of Mabo in the Courts : Islander Tradition to Native Title : A Memoir Bryan Keon-Cohen , 2011 single work autobiography

'Analyses and discussions of the decision in Mabo v Queensland [No. 2] (1992) are decidedly not in short supply, yet this substantial tome by Bryan Keon-Cohen QC covers novel ground, providing a personal narrative that addresses some of the persistent myths that exist alongside the formal legal findings.'  (Introduction)

Memoirs of Mabo Nonie Sharp , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , June-July no. 118 2012; (p. 56-59)

— Review of Mabo in the Courts : Islander Tradition to Native Title : A Memoir Bryan Keon-Cohen , 2011 single work autobiography
Memoirs of Mabo Nonie Sharp , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , June-July no. 118 2012; (p. 56-59)

— Review of Mabo in the Courts : Islander Tradition to Native Title : A Memoir Bryan Keon-Cohen , 2011 single work autobiography
[Review Essay] : Mabo in The Courts: Islander Tradition to Native Title: A Memoir Sarah Burnside , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 2013; (p. 103-105)

— Review of Mabo in the Courts : Islander Tradition to Native Title : A Memoir Bryan Keon-Cohen , 2011 single work autobiography

'Analyses and discussions of the decision in Mabo v Queensland [No. 2] (1992) are decidedly not in short supply, yet this substantial tome by Bryan Keon-Cohen QC covers novel ground, providing a personal narrative that addresses some of the persistent myths that exist alongside the formal legal findings.'  (Introduction)

The 'Unknown Story' of the Mabo Case : Read the Truth Andrew Passi , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 12-18 June no. 1270 2017; (p. 10)
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