Colonizzazioni Interne e Migrazioni

Rethinking the origins of terra nullius

Titolo

Rethinking the origins of terra nullius

Autore

Merete Borch

Data

Ottobre 1, 2001

Tipo

Journal Article

Author

Merete Borch

Tipo documento

Journal Article

DOI

10.1080/10314610108596162

ISSN

1031-461X

Abstract Note

This article questions the accepted view of how and when land inhabited by indigenous peoples came to be regarded as uninhabited or ownerless for legal purposes. It suggests that until the nineteenth century the predominant view was that such land was acquired through conquest or cession. This early legal interpretation was supported by government policy which recognised indigenous title to the land. The incorporation of the idea of terra nullius into British law in the nineteenth century seems to have been significantly influenced by the establishment of New South Wales and the debate in and about that colony.

Access Date

2015-12-02 22:04:27

Data

Ottobre 1, 2001

Issue

117

Library Catalog

Taylor and Francis+NEJM

Pagine

222-239

Publication Title

Australian Historical Studies

Titolo

Rethinking the origins of terra nullius

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10314610108596162

Volume

32

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Citazione

Merete Borch, “Rethinking the origins of terra nullius,” Colonizzazioni Interne e Migrazioni, accesso il 01 maggio 2025, http://storia.dh.unica.it/risorse_omc/items/show/989.

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