Between indigenous and settler governance / edited by Lisa Ford and Tim Rowse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ford, Lisa, 1974-

Rowse, Tim, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.

Indigenous peoples.

Jurisdiction.

Indigenous peoples--Government relations.

Aboriginal Australians--Legal status, laws, etc--Australia.

Aboriginal Australians.

Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.

Indians of North America.

Māori (New Zealand people)--Legal status, laws, etc.

Māori (New Zealand people).

Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between Indigenous and Settler Governance addresses the history, current development and future of Indigenous self-governance in four settler-colonial nations: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. Bringing together emerging scholars and leaders in the field of indigenous law and legal history, this collection offers a long-term view of the legal, political and administrative relationships between Indigenous collectivities and nation-states. Placing historical contingency and complexity at the center of analysis, the papers collected here examine in detail the process by whi

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and maps; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1 Locating indigenous self-determination in the margins of settler sovereignty: an introduction; 2 Vattel in revolutionary America: from the rules of war to the rule of law; 3 Settler sovereignty and the shapeshifting Crown; 4 'It would only be just': a study of territoriality and trading posts along the Mackenzie River 1800-27; 5 Pan-nationalism as a crisis management strategy: John Ross and the Tahlequah conference of 1843

6 Obstacles to 'a proper exercise of jurisdiction' - sorcery andcriminal justice in the settler-indigenous encounter in Australia7 Vanished theocracies: Christianity, war and politics in colonial New Zealand 1830-80; 8 When settlers went to war against Christianity; 9 The identity of indigenous political thought; 10 Economy, change and self-determination: a Central Australian case; 11 Land rights and development in Australia: caring for, benefiting from, governing the indigenous estate; 12 Indigenous land rights and self-government: inseparable entitlements

13 Three perversities of Indian law14 Section 223 and the shape of native title: the limits of jurisdictional thinking; 15 Whakaeke i nga ngaru - riding the waves: Maori legal traditions in New Zealand public life; 16 Indigenous jurisdiction as a provocation of settler state political theory: the significance of human boundaries; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"A GlassHouse book".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-19538-6

0-203-08502-7

1-283-84501-6

1-136-19539-4

9780203085028

OCLC:

819380072