Title: Lords of the land
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.
Subjects: History, Maori (New Zealand people), Law and legislation, Land settlement, Legal status, laws, Land tenure, Law, new zealand
Places: New Zealand
Time periods: 19th century