Indigenous Legal Relations in Australia, Oxford University Press, 2009. Larissa Behrendt, Chris Cunneen and Terri Libesman.
The purpose of this book is to introduce students and readers to the major issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in their contact with Anglo-Australian law and legal institutions. It also seeks to engage readers in some key debates around Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues such as a treaty, a bill of rights, reparations for the Stolen Generation and changes to the Constitution.
The book is divided into four Parts: the law of the colonisers; equality before the law: criminalisation; law, land and culture; and law, rights and governance.
There are a number of common themes that run through this book including the importance of history; the pervasiveness of racial discrimination; international human rights standards; the importance of Indigenous decision-making; the importance of Indigenous political struggle; and the limitations of Anglo-Australian law.
Book Review of Indigenous Legal Relations in Australia by Marcelle Burns in QUT Law Review , 9(1), pp. 101-104, 2009.
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The Critical Criminology Companion, Federation Press, 2008. Edited by Thalia Anthony and Chris Cunneen.
The Companion brings together the major Australian and New Zealand theorists in critical criminology. Over 26 chapters the book presents new research on crime, policy and the internationalisation of the criminal justice system and sheds light on a range of traditional debates from the criminalisation of Indigenous peoples and minoritised communities to new concepts of state crime and restorative justice.
An important and timely edited collection… Dealing with national and global key issues of our time it is an excellent antidote to the compromised politics and economics of mainstream criminology. In addition to making a significant contribution to criminology the breadth of its canvas and its accessible arguments ensure relevance spanning academic disciplines. It should be essential reading for all those practitioners and politicians who have responsibility for administering criminal justice and legitimizing the ever-expanding prison-industrial complex. Professor Phil Scraton, Queen’s University, Belfast.
Book Review of The Critical Criminology Companion by Pat Carlen in The British Journal of Criminology , 49 (2), pp. 276-279, 2009.
Book Review of The Critical Criminology Companion by Christopher Beshara in the Australian Law Reform Commission Journal Reform, 94, p. 71, 2009.
Book Review of The Critical Criminology Companion by Vicki Sentas in the Alternative Law Journal , 34(2), pp. 40-41, 2009.
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Gender, ‘Race’ and International Relations. Sydney Institute of Criminology Monograph Series, 1997. Chris Cunneen and Julie Stubbs.
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Faces of Hate, Essays on the Incidence and Nature of Hate Crime in Australia, Federation Press, 1997. Edited by Chris Cunneen, David Fraser and Stephen Tomsen.
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Indigenous People and the Law in Australia, Butterworths, 1995. Chris Cunneen and Terri Libesman.
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Juvenile Justice: An Australian Perspective. First Edition, Oxford University Press, 1995. Chris Cunneen and Rob White.
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Aboriginal Perspectives on Criminal Justice, Institute of Criminology Monograph Series, 1992. Edited by Chris Cunneen.
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The Dynamics of Collective Conflict: Riots at the Bathurst Motorcycle Races. Law Book Company, 1989. Chris Cunneen, Mark Findlay, Rob Lynch and Vern Tupper.
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Criminal Justice in North-West New South Wales . NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 1987. Chris Cunneen and Tom Robb.
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