Finding Justice

Larissa Behrendt has had an extraordinary career – as a legal academic, author and filmmaker – that has allowed her to move between courtrooms and Country to explore what real justice means, and what it might yet become. In this ground-breaking work that is part philosophical meditation and part historical reckoning, Behrendt weaves together personal reflection, Indigenous knowledge and decades of legal experience to illuminate a deeper truth about Australia: that more than one way of understanding law, justice and responsibility has always existed. With quiet authority, Behrendt considers how First Nations' Practices of Sovereignty – grounded in self-determination, reciprocity and collective care – have succeeded within communities. Clear-eyed, thoughtful and ultimately hopeful, Finding Justice is a profound invitation: to rethink power and policy, expand our understanding of justice and achieve genuine transformation.