Aboriginal societies and the common law : a history of sovereignty, status, and self-determination /...
Aboriginal societies and the common law : a history of sovereignty, status, and self-determination /...
Aboriginal societies and the common law : a history of sovereignty, status, and self-determination / P.G. McHugh.
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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H 2018/1797
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 661 p. ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The juridical status of non-Christian polities (to the end of the eighteenth century) -- 3. Aboriginal sovereignty and status in the 'empire(s) of uniformity' -- 4. A history of aboriginal status - the legal recognition of the individual and the group in the 'apparent twilight'...
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2004.
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Summary
"This book describes the encounter between the common law legal system and the tribal peoples of North America and Australasia. It is a history of the role of anglophone law in managing relations between the British settlers and indigenous peoples. That history runs from the plantation of Ireland and settlement of the New World to the end of the tw...
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Full title
Aboriginal societies and the common law : a history of sovereignty, status, and self-determination / P.G. McHugh.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 612-645) and index.
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H 2018/1797
Record Identifier
74VKVoeqg8Eb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVoeqg8Eb
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ISBN
019825248X (alk. paper)
9780198252481
DDC
342.0872
MMS ID
991024170918802626
