Indigenous Legal Research at MLS

Scholars undertake a wide range of research on issues affecting Indigenous peoples. Researchers use different methods and approaches to explore various fields of inquiring, including:

• the legal history of settler states and their encounters with Indigenous peoples;
• the impact of settler criminal law on Indigenous peoples;
• critical approaches to legal pluralism and Indigenous law;
• comparative studies of Indigenous rights in domestic and international law;
• the protection and recognition of Indigenous interests;
• law in natural resource management, native title, land rights and water; and
• public law approaches to Indigenous self-governance and law.

For research resources on Indigenous legal issues see the Indigenous Knowledges Research Guide.