Aboriginal title : the modern jurisprudence of tribal land rights /

Aboriginal title represents one of the most remarkable and controversial legal developments in the common law world of the late-twentieth century. Overnight it changed the legal position of indigenous peoples. The common law doctrine gave sudden substance to the tribes' claims to justiciable pr...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
McHugh, Paul G.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2011]
Zusammenfassung:
Aboriginal title represents one of the most remarkable and controversial legal developments in the common law world of the late-twentieth century. Overnight it changed the legal position of indigenous peoples. The common law doctrine gave sudden substance to the tribes' claims to justiciable property rights over their traditional lands, catapulting these up the national agenda and jolting them out of a previous culture of governmental inattention. In a series of breakthroughcases national courts adopted the argument developed first in western Canada, and then New Zealand and Australia by a han
Umfang:
1 online resource (868 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-349) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-173213-3
0-19-102977-7
0-19-101854-6
Schlagworte:
Indigenous peoples > Land tenure.
Land tenure > Law and legislation > History.
Indigenous peoples > Government relations.
Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc.
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