Black Glass
Subtitle: Western Australian Courts of Native Affairs 1936-54
Publisher: Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Published: November 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9781920731045
Subjects: Sociology; Social Science; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Constitutional; Anthropology - Cultural; Australia & New Zealand - General; 20th century; Aboriginal Australians; Australia; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; History; Legal status, laws, etc; Western Australia
Description: Between 1936 and 1954 the Western Australian government operated Courts of Native Affairs that heard murder and manslaughter cases where defendant and victim were Aborigial. These cases, which for every other citizen had the status of Supreme Court trials, were reduced to summary hearings conducted largely by amateurs.