'All authored by Aboriginal people, the eighteen chapters in this in this book are mainly based on key papers presented at the August 1996 conference, held in Old Parliament House, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Aboriginal Land rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. Appropriately described as '...the most successful and far-reaching land rights legislation in Australia', the 1976 act has been the forerunner of further legislation and judicial decisions giving recognition to native title and other forms of property rights.' (Introduction)