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Aboriginal Societies and the Common Law: A History of Sovereignty, Status, and Self-Determination
McHugh, P.G. (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)
Aboriginal Societies and the Common Law: A History of Sovereignty, Status, and Self-Determination
McHugh, P.G. (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)
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.
674 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | December 23, 2004 |
ISBN13 | 9780198252481 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 680 |
Dimensions | 167 × 244 × 43 mm · 1.19 kg |