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Are We Family? And if so, Can I Still Sue You?

Author: Ashley McDonald BComm, LLB (Hons) (Mur)
Murdoch University School of Law
Subjects: Aborigines - The Stolen Generation (Other articles)
Foster Home Care
Torts Australia (Other articles)
Issue: Volume 7, Number 1 (March 2000)
Category: Comment

Abstract

The author discusses the law and policy surrounding the removal of Australian Aboriginal children from their parents thereby creating the Stolen Generation. He then discusses the law governing the responsibilities of foster homes and the possibility that Australian institutions may be liable to suit by Aboriginal children placed in their care.

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