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Author McNeil, Kent, 1945-

Title Common law aboriginal title / Kent McNeil
Published Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press, 1989

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Description xlv, 357 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Includes index
Summary Examines effects of colonisation on title to land in territories settled by the English; outlines possession and title to land in English law, the Crowns title to land in England; describes methods of acquisition of territorial sovereignty; discusses common law Aboriginal title (native title) and its application in United States , Canada and Australia; mentions Milirrpum v. Nabalco Pty Ltd
Analysis Aboriginal title
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [307]-340
Includes index
Notes Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
Subject Customary law -- Colonies -- Great Britain.
Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Colonies -- Great Britain.
Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.
LC no. 88019565
ISBN 0198252234