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• Introduction : Discovering the WA Constitution
• The what, why and how of constitutions
• The WA Constitution in the federal system
• Origins of the WA Constitution : framers, history and documents
• First peoples and the WA Constitution
• The constitution and system of government
• Voting rights and electoral system
• Amending the state constitution : fundamental or ordinary law?
• What should be done? : consolidation and beyond
• Conclusion.

"This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to, and enquiry into, the rules of Western Australia’s (WA) system of government. The WA Constitution is not well known or understood ― or even easy to identify ― and this book provides an essential guide. It brings academic expertise and careful scholarship to the exploration of sometimes complex constitutional issues in a way that will be invaluable for those with specialist interest in constitutional law and government while also being engaging and accessible for a wider audience. In doing so, it combines authorial expertise from constitutional law and political science — something essential to a well-rounded understanding of the simultaneously legal and political nature of a Constitution"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction
• A new era
• "It's time" : the start of the Aboriginal Legal Service
• New territory
• Skull Creek : the Laverton Royal Commission
• Law and language
• Land rights
• State wide
• Setting the reform agenda
• Justice on trial : the Royal Commission Into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
• Reconciliation and the Royal Commission reports
• Mabo and mandatory sentencing : one step forward, three strikes back
• From a radical challenge to a seat at the table
• Justice in a civilised society.

From its beginnings in the early 1970s, the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia has been influential in national campaigns to address the legacies of dispossession and human rights abuses. It continues to play a central role in advocating for measures to address Aboriginal deaths in custody, land rights and stolen generations, not just in WA but as issues of national significance. A lively and multi-dimensional account, Justice: A History of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia shows the human face of some of the nations major social, political and legal reforms of the last four decades. It is the story of people determined to protect and defend the human rights of those Australians whose rights have been routinely abused.

• Coronial law in Western Australia
• The coronial process in Western Australia
• Statistical overview of the coronial jurisdiction in Western Australia
• Issues with the coronial process : results of consultations.

• ch. 1. Jury trials in Western Australia
• ch. 2. The juror selection process
• ch. 3. Liability for jury service
• ch. 4. Eligibility for jury service
• ch. 5. Qualification for jury service
• .ch. 6. Excused from jury duty
• ch. 7. Allowances, protections and penalties.

• Introduction
• Legal bases of compensation
• Entitlement under the Land Administration Act
• Enhancement
• Entitlement under the Planning and Development Act
• Agreed acquisitions
• Election to acquire
• A single Land Compensation Act
• Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline Act
• Infrastructure corridors
• Other Schedule 1 acts
• Form of s 241 of the Land Administration Act.

• Introduction
• Entitlement to compensation
• Terminology
• Entitlement under Land Administration Act
• Enhancement
• Entitlement under Planning and Development Act
• Voluntary acquisitions
• A single land compensation act
• Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline Act
• Other easements
• Other Schedule 1 acts
• The commission's proposals
• List of invitations to submit.

• The Aboriginal Customary Laws Project
• Aboriginal peoples in Western Australia
• Recognition of aboriginal customary law
• Aboriginal customary law in the international context
• Aboriginal customary law and the criminal justice system
• Aboriginal customary law and the civil law system
• Aboriginal customary law and the family
• Customary hunting, fishing and gathering rights
• Aboriginal customary law in the courtroom: evidence and procedure
• Aboriginal community governance in Western Australia
• Summary of proposals
• Summary of invitations to submit.

• Methodological overview
• Aboriginal peoples in Western Australia
• Recognition of aboriginal customary law
• Aboriginal customary law in the international law context
• Aboriginal customary law and the criminal justice system
• Aboriginal customary law and the civil law system
• Aboriginal customary law and the family
• Customary hunting, fishing and gathering rights
• Aboriginal customary law in the courtroom : evidence and procedure
• Aboriginal community governance in Western Australia.

• Consultation drafts (2 v.)
• Final report
• Executive summary
• Project summary (with accompanying CD-ROM containing Executive summary, Final report, Consultation drafts, Project summary)
• Submissions summary (with accompanying CD-ROM containing Submissions summary)