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Raw Law, song, ceremony, ruwe

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Raw Law, song, ceremony, ruwe

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Raw Law, song, ceremony, ruwe

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Raw Law, song, ceremony, ruwe book

ByIrene Watson
BookAboriginal Peoples, Colonialism and International Law

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Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2014
Imprint Routledge
Pages 26
eBook ISBN 9781315858999

ABSTRACT

The place of Raw Law is to maintain or restore harmony and balance between individuals and communities of First Nations. The law's focus and concern is with the collective rights and obligations of Nungas. Law stories lie across the land: they are alive and can be revived and regenerated, even after being too long in the belly of an attempted genocide. Dreamers are awakened by the law as the stories and songs are returned by the ancestors. Our old people speak to us in dreamed songs and stories. Our laws have been patronised by the state political and legal systems, and deemed mere custom, storytelling and songs to entertain. Laws are inherent to the Murrabina where ceremony serves to gather community and to pass on knowledge of law and culture. It is law in action. The ancestors are responsible for law and ruwe, a responsibility, which continues to be carried by the contemporary First Nations owners.

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