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Land Theft

Land Theft is a historical and structural process within the broader context of Indigenous Dispossession that constitutes the forcible or illegitimate appropriation of Indigenous territories by colonial or state actors through mechanisms that deny prior occupancy, sovereignty, and customary land rights.

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Publications

1.2K

Citations

42

Authors

16

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

6

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Publications

28

Looking back to see forward: the legal niceties of land theft in land rushes

Liz Alden Wily · The Journal of Peasant Studies · 2012 · 257 citations

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Stop Thief: The Commons, Enclosures and Resistance

Martin Parker · Anarchist studies · 2015 · 203 citations

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Conquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of Their Lands

David E. Wilkins, Lindsay G. Robertson · Western Historical Quarterly · 2006 · 87 citations

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Pirates and invaders: Land acquisition in urban Colombia and Venezuela

Alan Gilbert · World Development · 1981 · 74 citations

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‘They Stole Our Land’: debating the expropriation of white farms in Zimbabwe

William H. Shaw · The Journal of Modern African Studies · 2003 · 63 citations

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Authors

42

  1. NL
    Nolan L. Cabrera

    University of Arizona, United States

    2 publications · 30 citations

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    h-index

  2. DS
    Douglas Sanderson

    University of Toronto, Canada

    2 publications · 71 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. CS
    Cynthia Simmons

    University of Florida, United States

    1 publications · 59 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. LR
    Lindsay Robertson

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    1 publications · 15 citations

    1

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  5. AU
    Austin

    1 publications · 18 citations

    1

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Institutions

16

  1. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  2. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  3. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

  4. University of Tasmania

    Hobart, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  5. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  6. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

    Manaus, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

  7. San Jose State University

    San Jose, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    63 citations

  8. Macquarie University

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

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Venues

  1. University of Toronto Law Journal

    UTLJ · 2 publications · 71 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 37 citations

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  3. American Journal of Legal History

    AJLH · 1 publications · 15 citations

    1

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  4. Journal of African Law

    1 publications · 10 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. Journal of Folklore Research

    JFR · 1 publications · 18 citations

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