W5 C4 – MABO V QUEENSLAND NO 2 [1992]
Essential readings (on moodle):
Rosemary J Coombe, ‘The Properties of Culture and the Politics of Identity’,
Cheryl I Harris, ‘Whiteness as Property’, pp. 1710-1744
Supporting readings (on moodle):
Sarah Keenan, ‘The Gweagal Shield’
Bela A Walker, ‘Privilege as Property’
‘Property’ in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy’
Elizabeth Mayes, ‘Private Property, the Private Subject, and Women’ pp. 117-124
Discussion Questions:
1. Is property ownership configured in law as race, gender, and/or class-neutral, or is it
not?
3. Does property confer privilege or does it express privilege?
Historically it would surely express privilege.
4. Should the Gweagal Shield be returned to the descendants asking for it?
Essential readings (on moodle):
Rosemary J Coombe, ‘The Properties of Culture and the Politics of Identity’,
Cheryl I Harris, ‘Whiteness as Property’, pp. 1710-1744
Supporting readings (on moodle):
Sarah Keenan, ‘The Gweagal Shield’
Bela A Walker, ‘Privilege as Property’
‘Property’ in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy’
Elizabeth Mayes, ‘Private Property, the Private Subject, and Women’ pp. 117-124
Discussion Questions:
1. Is property ownership configured in law as race, gender, and/or class-neutral, or is it
not?
3. Does property confer privilege or does it express privilege?
Historically it would surely express privilege.
4. Should the Gweagal Shield be returned to the descendants asking for it?
