... . Introduction United States law has used the doctrine of "discovery" to justify the takeover of Indian people and territory. In the same way Australian law has used the concept of "terra nullius," the legal myth that Australia had no previous owners. Today it is easy to see that ... could be established. Indian-Colonial Relations There are many myths about this early period. The reality was not peaceful negotiations leading to treaties. The history was much more brutal, with extensive warfare and the extermination of whole tribes. Treaties were often signed after warfare, when terms coul...

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... and protect the territories of the Penan people, the Penan took matters into their own hands. The Penan implemented blockades and roadblocks, while receiving international help from the European Parliament, Australian dock workers, the Japanese Tropical Forest Action Network, and a host of other industries and governments who banned the use of tropical timber (Wilmer, 2000: 192). Since these events in the ... country made an attempt to stop these behaviors, though they have a legal obligation to do so (MacKinnon, 1995: 194). Hopefully, these rapes of women in war will not disappear into...

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