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Machine generated contents note: pt. I Australian Land Law and the Meaning of Radical Title Pre-Mabo -- ch. One The Origin and Application of the Doctrine of Absolute Crown Ownership in Australia: The Common Law 1788--1992 -- I.The Feudal Basis of Land Law in England -- A.Germ of the Doctrine of Ten...

Contents note continued: I.The Meaning of Radical Title: The Leading Privy Council Authorities (Re)Examined -- A.St Catherine's Milling and Lumber Co v R -- B.Amodu Tijani v Secretary, Southern Nigeria -- C.Re Southern Rhodesia -- II.International v Municipal Law: American Authority -- A.Johnson v M...

Contents note continued: A.Mabo: The Decision -- B.The Feudal Basis of Land Law Revisited -- C.Summary -- II.The Reception of Land Law into the Australian Colonies Revisited -- A.Constitutional Status of Australia: An Inhabited Settled Colony -- B.The Continuity and Recognition Doctrines Revisited -...

Contents note continued: A.Beneficial Ownership of Original Unalienated Land? The Ǹo Other Proprietor' Principle: New Legal Fiction Replacing the Feudal Fiction of Original Crown Ownership -- Attorney-General (NSW) v Brown Revisited -- i.Obiter Comment: Incorrect in Law -- ii.Crown Not in Fact Prop...

Contents note continued: ii.Radical Title as a Concomitant of Sovereignty: No Legal Requirement for a Reversion Expectant to Support a Lease by the Crown -- iii.Summary -- B.The High Court, Radical Title and the Reversion Expectant -- i.Wik -- ii.Leases in Perpetuity -- iii.Implications for the Lega...

Contents note continued: II.The Crown's Title to the Territorial Seabed and Beyond Post-Mabo: WMC and YarmirrFC -- A.WMC: Brennan CJ's Judgment -- Radical Title versus Statutory Sovereign Rights -- B.YarmirrFC: Full Federal Court -- i.The Majority: Statutory Extension of Radical Title and Selective...

Contents note continued: pt. IV The Practical Implications of the Crown's Radical Title -- ch. Six Crown Acquisition of a Plenary Title: The Common Law Record Requirement and Statutory Regimes Regulating the Alienation of Land -- I.Occupancy as a Basis of Original Crown Ownership -- A.The Pre-Mabo P...

Contents note continued: IV.Legislative Provisions Dealing with the Power to Legislate Regarding Crown Land -- V.Conclusion -- ch. Seven The Doctrine of Common Law Aboriginal Customary Title in Australia and Implications for South Africa -- I.Aboriginal Customary Law: A Source of Non-Derivative Comm...

Contents note continued: ii.External Dimension: Ancient Demesne Branch -- iii.Internal Dimension -- C.Proof of Aboriginal Customary Title -- i.Test for Proof -- ii.Specific Presumptions and Rules Relating to Proof -- iii.Summary -- D.Protection of Aboriginal Customary Title -- IV.Doctrinal Underpinn...

Contents note continued: A.Reception of Land Law in the Canadian Provinces and Territories -- B.Summary -- II.The Doctrine of Tenure, Radical Title and Aboriginal Land Rights in Canada -- A.Pre-Calder Aboriginal Title Jurisprudence -- B.Calder and pre-Delgamuukw Aboriginal Title Jurisprudence -- C.S...