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DESPOTIC DOMINION
PROPERTY RIGHTS IN BRITISH SETTLER SOCIETIES |
| By: |
John P. S. McLaren (Editor), Mr. A. R. Buck (Editor), Ms. Nancy E. Wright (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£29.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774810734 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774810739 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
17 June, 2005 |
| Series: |
Law and Society |
| Pages: |
326 |
| Description: |
Brings together the work of scholars whose study of the evolution of property law in the colonies recognizes the value in locating property law and rights within the broader political, economic, and intellectual contexts of those societies. |
| Synopsis: |
In the late 18th century, the English jurist William Blackstonefamously described property as "that sole and despoticdominion." What Blackstone meant was that property was an"absolute right, inherent in every Englishman . . . which consistsin the free use, enjoyment, and disposal of all acquisitions withoutany control or diminution, save only by the laws of the land." Inlight of the intervening 250 years of colonization, Blackstone's"despotic dominion" has assumed new and more ambiguousmeanings. It is the ambiguity of the meanings of property and thetensions that were and still are evident in property disputes withwhich this book is concerned.Despotic Dominion brings together the work of scholarswhose study of the evolution of property law in the colonies recognizesthe value in locating property law and rights within the broaderpolitical, economic, and intellectual contexts of those societies. Thestimulus for this new interdisciplinary scholarship has emerged fromlitigation and political action for the resolution of questions ofAboriginal title and other disputes over property rights in severalformer settler colonies, most notably Australia, Canada, and NewZealand. As the essays in this book demonstrate, a significant part ofthe recent explosion in interest and speculation about property rightsrelates historically to the securing of a more reliable culturalcontext for assessing these claims. For this reason, DespoticDominion will be of interest not only to students and researchersof colonial history, but also to scholars of native studies and law, aswell as those interested in the contested terrain of propertyrights. |
| Illustrations: |
6 b&w illustrations, 4 maps |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of British Columbia Press |
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Returnable |
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