Out of the Christian impulse, although utilizing concepts derived from pre-Christian Rome and Greece, international law arose as a generally
acknowledged set of customs for the regulation of intercourse between states.
Not exact matches
[141] He also emphasised that connection to country must be current [142] and that a «mere» connection with land or waters is insufficient; as
set out in NTA 223 (1)(b), the connection must be «by those laws and
customs» — that is «because
of» or «as a result
of» traditional laws
acknowledged and traditional
customs observed.
The second
of the criteria required by the NTA to satisfy the definition
of native title or native title rights and interests that are possessed under the traditional laws and
customs acknowledged and observed by the Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islanders is
set out in s223 (1)(b):