Lords of the land
Subtitle: indigenous property rights and the jurisprudence of empire
By: Mark Hickford
Series: Oxford studies in modern legal history; Oxford studies in modern legal history
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 523
ISBN-13: 9780199568659
Subjects: History; Maori (New Zealand people); Law and legislation; Land settlement; Legal status, laws; Land tenure
Description: Through focusing on the political history of New Zealand during its imperial settlement, this book offers a fresh assessment of the history of indigenous property rights. It shows how native title became a constitutional frame within which political authority was formed and contested at the heart of empire and the colonial peripheries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-499) and index.