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If you are interested in an alternate legal / law view I can't recommend this book enough: https://www.amazon.com.au/Aboriginal-Peoples-Colonialism-Internationa

by mb_72 6y ago

If you are interested in an alternate legal / law view I can't recommend this book enough: https://www.amazon.com.au/Aboriginal-Peoples-Colonialism-International-Law/dp/1138685968 https://www.amazon.com.au/Aboriginal-Peoples-Colonialism-Int... The author is aboriginal; reading it completely changed my view on colonialism and the rule of law in Australia (speaking as a white person born in Australia to one immigrant and one 'local' parent).

9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
Am I the only one seeing these absurd prices for it? Kindle $78.53 Hardcover from $197.00
- ruytlm 6y ago
  At a guess, it's probably used as a textbook in some university courses (presumably law). This leads to absurd pricing, because students are a captive market; you want to do the course, you have to buy this book.
  - mb_72 6y ago
    That is exactly what is happening in this case; the author is a lecturer at a South Australian educational institution, and the book is a textbook for one of the courses there. I'm looking into studying Australian Aboriginal / Indigenous history, and thought I'd better get acquainted with some of the source material.
- interestica 6y ago
  wow. does it come with a kindle?
  - LilBytes 6y ago
    No but it does come with a law degree.
- codewithcheese 6y ago
  https://libgen.is/search.php?req=Aboriginal+Peoples%2C+Colonialism+and+International+Law&lg_topic=libgen&open=0&view=simple&res=25&phrase=1&column=def https://libgen.is/search.php?req=Aboriginal+Peoples%2C+Colon...
  - LilBytes 6y ago
    What on earth is this website? I had a drive around and I'm directed a http://111.111.111.111 http://111.111.111.111 (yes, no S in HTTPS) site to download a PDF file which I assume is the book? This site couldn't look more dodgy if it tried.
    - vikbytes 6y ago
      A mirror for LibGen, it looks like. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis

by mb_72 6y ago

9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago

Am I the only one seeing these absurd prices for it? Kindle $78.53 Hardcover from $197.00

ruytlm 6y ago
At a guess, it's probably used as a textbook in some university courses (presumably law). This leads to absurd pricing, because students are a captive market; you want to do the course, you have to buy this book.
- mb_72 6y ago
  That is exactly what is happening in this case; the author is a lecturer at a South Australian educational institution, and the book is a textbook for one of the courses there. I'm looking into studying Australian Aboriginal / Indigenous history, and thought I'd better get acquainted with some of the source material.
interestica 6y ago
wow. does it come with a kindle?
- LilBytes 6y ago
  No but it does come with a law degree.
codewithcheese 6y ago
https://libgen.is/search.php?req=Aboriginal+Peoples%2C+Colonialism+and+International+Law&lg_topic=libgen&open=0&view=simple&res=25&phrase=1&column=def https://libgen.is/search.php?req=Aboriginal+Peoples%2C+Colon...
- LilBytes 6y ago
  What on earth is this website? I had a drive around and I'm directed a http://111.111.111.111 http://111.111.111.111 (yes, no S in HTTPS) site to download a PDF file which I assume is the book? This site couldn't look more dodgy if it tried.
  - vikbytes 6y ago
    A mirror for LibGen, it looks like. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis