Aboriginal societies and the common law [electronic resource] : a history of sovereignty, status, and self-determination / P.G. McHugh.
This text 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 from colonial foundation to the end of the 20th centu...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Summary: | This text 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 from colonial foundation to the end of the 20th century. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 661 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191710438 (ebook) 0191710431 (ebook) |
| DOI: | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198252481.001.0001 |