Common Law Aboriginal Title

Abstract

Possession and title to land in English law - the old real actions, the action of ejectment, abandonment of possession the Crown's title to lands in England - the origin and effect of the Doctrine of Tenures, possession and the record of the Crown's title, exceptional lands the acquisition of territorial sovereignty by the Crown - methods of acquisition of territory, criteria for classifying colonies title to land in uninhabited settled territories - Barbados, British Honduras, Pitcairn Island the effect of Crown acquisition of territory on customary law rights to land - conquered and ceded territories and the Act of State Doctrine, settled territories and customary law title common law aboriginal title - indigenous land use and English law, the doctrine of tenures and the position of the Crown, related issues application of the doctrine of common law aboriginal title - the United States, Canada, Australia.