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Title:

Discovering indigenous lands : the doctrine of discovery in the English colonies / Robert J. Miller ... [et al.]

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xx, 294 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Constitutional law--Great Britain--Colonies.
Indigenous peoples--Colonies.--Great Britain--Colonies.
Great Britain--Discovery and exploration.--Discovery and exploration.

Other Authors:

Miller, Robert J.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The doctrine of discovery -- The legal adoption of discovery in the United States -- The Doctrine of discovery in United States History -- The doctrine of discovery in Canada -- Contemporary Canadian resonance of an imperial doctrine -- The doctrine of discovery in Australia -- Asserting the doctrine of discovery in Australia -- Asserting the doctrine of discovery in Aotearoa New Zealand : 1840-1960s -- The still permeating influence of the doctrine of discovery in Aotearoa/New Zealand : 1970s-2000s -- Concluding comparatively : discovery in the English colonies.

ISBN:

0199579814 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780199579815 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)503074143

LCCN:

2010455949

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)