Between Law and Custom: 'High' and 'Low' Legal Cultures in the Lands of the British Diaspora - The United States, Canada, Australia, and New Z

by Peter Karsten

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This book explores the three-way struggle between the British colonists who settled North America, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa; the British government and its U.S. and Canadian federal government successors; and the indigenous peoples of the settled regions. In the colonies, British law and popular norms clashed over a range of issues, including ready access to land, the property rights of aboriginal people, the taking of property for...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521099196

ISBN13:9780521099196

Release Date:November 2008

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:584 Pages

Weight:1.86 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Australia & Oceania Fiji Foreign & International Law History Humanities Law New Zealand Textbooks

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