Settler sovereignty : jurisdiction and indigenous people in America and Australia, 1788-1836 / Lisa Ford.

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.

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

Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History.

1. Jurisdiction, territory, and sovereignty in empire

2. Pluralism as policy

3. Indigenous jurisdiction and spatial order

4. Legality and lawlessness

5. The local limits of jurisdiction

6. Farmbrough's fathoming and transitions in Georgia

7. Lego'me and territoriality in New South Wales

8. Perfect settler sovereignty.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780674035652

viii, 313 p. : maps ; 24 cm