The making of Australian property law / A R Buck.

Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2007.

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Real property -- Australia.

Land tenure -- Australia.

1. The ghost of feudalism

2. The empire of property

3. The English inheritance

4. The colonial adaptation

5. The pastoralists' tenure

6. The peculiarities of property

7. The people's question

8. The spectre of egalitarianism.

In 1847 the Chief Justice of NSW, Sir Alfred Stephen, handed down a decision that would have profound implications for both the development of Australian property law and the property rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia. This book situates legal development in its social and political context, re-evaluating the relationship between political ideas, social values and law reform in early Australia.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781862876347

x, 166 p.