📜 Lisa Ford – Before Settler Sovereignty
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Q: What is “legal pluralism” in early colonial Australia?
A: A period where Aboriginal law coexisted with British law, especially on frontiers.
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Q: What marked the shift to full British sovereignty?
A: The 1836 R v Murrell case and increasing assertion of British legal authority.
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Q: How did British law gradually displace Aboriginal law?
A: Through courts claiming jurisdiction over Aboriginal people and banning customary practices like warfare.
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Q: What role did global legal shifts play?
A: They encouraged empires to standardize legal systems and assert territorial control.