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SUMMARY:The Torres Strait Sea Claim: Haddon\, Native Title and Expert Evid
 ence - Justice Paul Finn (Federal Court of Australia and Arthur Goodhart V
 isiting Professor of Legal Science\, Cambridge) &amp\; Dr Ian McNiven (Rea
 der\, Programme for Indigenous Australian Archaeology\, Monash University)
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CONTACT:Gregory Delaplace
DESCRIPTION:In 2010\, the Australian Federal Court reached a landmark deci
 sion: to recognize the native title rights of Torres Strait Islanders over
  some 40\,000 sq. km. of ocean in the Torres Strait\, thus bringing to an 
 end a nine-year legal battle. The ramifications of this decision were sign
 ificant - not only for the Islanders\, but also for scholars\, legal pract
 itioners\, policymakers and others with an interest in the scope and natur
 e of indigenous rights around the world. In this special SARA seminar\, we
  bring together two distinguished scholars who were involved in this histo
 ric case: Paul Finn\, the Federal Court judge who presided over the Sea Cl
 aim\, and Ian McNiven\, an archaeologist who was one of its expert witness
 es. Join us for what promises to be an exciting discussion about the proce
 ss of native title in Australia\, the use of expert evidence in claims...a
 nd the activities of a certain A.C. Haddon\, the founding father of Cambri
 dge anthropology.\n\nThe seminar will be followed by drinks at the Univers
 ity Centre. For further information\, please contact Greg Delaplace (gd307
 )\, Jon Mair (jrm35) or Liana Chua (lclc2).
LOCATION:Cambridge University Department of Social Anthropology - Seminar 
 Room
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