Aboriginal Customary Law: A Source of Common Law Title to Land

by Ulla Secher

Described as 'ground-breaking' in Kent McNeil's Foreword, this book develops an alternative approach to conventional Aboriginal title doctrine. It explains that aboriginal customary law can be a source of common law title to land in former British colonies, whether they were acquired by settlement or by conquest or cession from another colonising power. The doctrine of Common Law Aboriginal Customary Title provides a coherent approach to the source,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849465533
• ISBN13: 9781849465533
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 534 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"