Sentences with phrase «record oral testimony»

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But the historicity of the «miracle» stories has now been severely undermined by modern Biblical study, which has shown that we have here no infallible historical records, but the testimony of Christian traditions which had been molded by two or more generations of oral transmission.

Researching official and unofficial records, media coverage, oral testimonies, and other relevant materials, Kent Chan is excavating a little - known episode of Singapore's curatorial history: the first group exhibition of Singaporean artists in Europe.

Occasionally people provide her with some of their medical records and other health data, which is kept confidential unless the person concerned gives their permission for the information to be out in the public domain, or the information has already been reported publicly in the media or in oral or written testimony to courts, tribunals, and parliamentary inquiries.

When a motion is based on facts not appearing of record the court may hear the matter on affidavits presented by the respective parties, but the court may direct that the matter be heard wholly or partly on oral testimony or depositions.

The envisaged outcome is «a permanent national record of a significant period in Australian history, and a publication based on the testimonies of participants in the oral history project».

«The oral testimony of the witnesses from the claimant group is a further source of evidence but being based upon oral traditional passed down through many generations extending over a period in excess of two hundred years, less weight should be accorded to it than to the information recorded by Curr.»

(b) the preferring of early written historical records concerning the traditional laws and customs of the area over the oral testimony of living witnesses from the claimant group [10]; and

Given the gravity of the consequences flowing from a finding that a claimant group is not who they claim (and perceive themselves) to be, and consistent with principles of equality and respect for culture, as well as the intention of the Parliament in enacting the NTA «to rectify past injustices» and establish a «special procedure... for the just and proper ascertainment of native title rights and interests... in a manner that has due regard to their unique character», the Court should, it is respectfully submitted, approach the admission of oral testimonies of native title claimants in ways which accommodate Aboriginal accounts of their histories [85] and are, where appropriate, sceptical in the receipt of written records of the past.

«The most credible source of information concerning the traditional laws and customs of the area... is to be found in Curr's writings... The oral testimony of the witnesses from the claimant group is a further source of evidence but being based upon oral tradition passed down through many generations extending over a period in excess of two hundred years, less weight should be accorded to it than to the information recorded by Curr.»

On the cultural and methodological biases associated with the use of written records of the past over oral testimony, see A Curthoys, «The Proof of Continuity of Native Title: An Historical Perspective», Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Native Title Research Unit, Issues Series Paper no 18 of 1997.