Despotic Dominion - Property Rights in British Settler Societies (Paperback, New Ed)

Despotic Dominion brings together the work of scholars whose study of the evolution of property law in the colonies recognizes the value in locating property law and rights within the broader political, economic, and intellectual contexts of those societies. The stimulus for this new interdisciplinary scholarship has emerged from litigation and political action for the resolution of questions of Aboriginal title and other disputes over property rights in several former settler colonies, most notably Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. As the essays in this book demonstrate, a significant part of the recent explosion in interest and speculation about property rights relates historically to the securing of a more reliable cultural context for assessing these claims. For this reason, Despotic Dominion will be of interest not only to students and researchers of colonial history, but also to scholars of native studies and law, as well as those interested in the contested terrain of property rights.

General

Imprint:	University of British Columbia Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Law and Society
Release date:	July 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	John P. S. McLaren • A.R. Buck • Nancy E. Wright
Dimensions:	229 x 165 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	326
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7748-1073-9
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
LSN:	0-7748-1073-4
Barcode:	9780774810739

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