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Lords of the land

Hickford, Mark.

Lords of the land indigenous property rights and the jurisprudence of empire / [electronic resource] : Mark Hickford. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource. - Oxford studies in modern legal history . - Oxford studies in modern legal history. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.



9780191731273 (ebook) : No price


Maori (New Zealand people)--Land tenure.
Maori (New Zealand people)--Legal status, laws, etc.
Land settlement--Law and legislation--New Zealand.
Land settlement--History--New Zealand--19th century.

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