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Aboriginal Societies and the Common Law
P.g. Mchugh
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Description for Aboriginal Societies and the Common Law
Hardcover. Describes the encounter between the common law legal system and the tribal people of North America and Australasia. Looking at the nature of British imperialism and the position of non-Christian peoples in the 17th and 18th-centuries, this book describes the historical basis of relations through questions of sovereignty and self-determination. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL9; JPVH3; LAFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1186.
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 Twentieth century. The book begins by looking at the nature of British imperialism and the position of non-Christian peoples at large in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries. It then focuses on North America and Australasia from their early national ... Read more
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 Twentieth century. The book begins by looking at the nature of British imperialism and the position of non-Christian peoples at large in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries. It then focuses on North America and Australasia from their early national ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
Number of Pages
680
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198252481
SKU
V9780198252481
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About P.g. Mchugh
Dr. P. G. McHugh is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Cambridge, Tutor of Sidney Sussex College, and Ashley McHugh Ngai Tahu Visiting Professor at Victoria University of Wellington.
Reviews for Aboriginal Societies and the Common Law
McHugh's book is not just a legal history of Aboriginal title to land but a comprehensive history of legal relations between settlers and Aboriginal societies that addresses sovereignty, jurisdiction, status, and citizenship as well as land. The breadth of learning, depth of research, and thoughtfulness of analysis represented by this book are remarkable. It is written on an epic scale ... Read more