Waiting For Law: Land, Custom and Legal Regulation in East Timor

该项目为国家研究重点做出了贡献：保护澳大利亚。关于传统土地的冲突在我们北方的“不稳定弧线”中发挥了重要作用，包括与自然资源(亚齐、西巴布亚、布干维尔)和让渡或出租给“外人”的土地(所罗门群岛、瓦努阿图、斐济)有关的冲突。制定管理东帝汶传统土地的有效模式将：(1)保障我们对东帝汶的大量援助和军事援助；(2)有利于澳大利亚在区域稳定和可持续发展方面的利益；(3)为印度尼西亚和南太平洋与土地和资源有关的冲突提供潜在的比较经验教训。

The project contributes to a national research priority: safeguarding Australia. Conflicts over customary lands have played important roles in the 'arc of instability' to our North, including in relation to natural resources (Aceh, West Papua, Bougainville) and land alienated or leased to "outsiders" (Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji). Developing an effective model for regulating customary lands in East Timor will (1) safeguard our considerable aid and military assistance contributions to East Timor, (2) serve Australia's interest in regional stability and sustainable development, and (3) offer potential comparative lessons for land and resource-related conflicts in Indonesia and the South Pacific.