This book describes the encounter between the common law legal system and the tribal peoples of North America and Australasia. It is a history of the role of an

Detailed examination of the scope for recognition of customary laws through existing common law rules; human rights and problems of relativity of standards; con

Delgamuukw. Mabo. Ngati Apa. Recent cases have created a framework for litigating Aboriginal title in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The distinguished grou

In 1941, a groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court decision changed the field of Indian law, setting off an intellectual and legal revolution that continues to reverb