North America, New Zealand and Australia were colonised by England under an international legal principle that is known today as the doctrine of discovery. This

In 1823, Chief Justice John Marshall handed down a Supreme Court decision of monumental importance in defining the rights of indigenous peoples throughout the E

This book presents new material and shines fresh light on the under-explored historical and legal evidence about the use of the doctrine of discovery in Austral

Manifest Destiny, as a term for westward expansion, was not used until the 1840s. Its predecessor was the Doctrine of Discovery, a legal tradition by which Euro

"Reconciling pre-existing Aboriginal sovereignty with de facto Crown sovereignty will not threaten the territory of Canada, nor will it result in a legal vacuum