9-11 July 1999 Newcastle, Australia CONFERENCE PAPERS Note: The copyright in all papers on this website resides with the individual authors. The papers should not be quoted or cited without the permission of the author. All papers are in PDF format. More papers will be added as they are submitted. "The Concept of Moral Duty in the Law of Family Provision--a gloss or critical understanding?" by Rosalind Atherton Law School, University of Sydney, Australia "A History of Marriage and Modern Law" by Frank Bates Law School, University of Newcastle, Australia "Husbanding the Earth and Hedging out the Poor" by Laura Brace Politics, University of Leicester, UK "The Peculiarities of Property in Colonial New South Wales" by Andrew Buck Politics Program, University of Newcastle, Australia "The Systematic Removal of Indigenous Children from their Families in Australia and Canada: The History - Similarities and Differences" by Tony Buti Law School, Murdoch University, Australia Partus Sequitur Ventrem: Slavery, Property Rights, and the Language of Republicanism in Virginia's House of Delegates, 1831-1832" by Christopher M. Curtis History, Emory University, USA "Tenure and Statute: Re-conceiving the Basis of Land Holding in Australia" by Shaunnagh Dorsett and Lee Godden Law School, Griffith University, Australia "Indigenous Land Use Agreements and the Future Role of the Historian in Native Title" by Debra Fletcher and Mel Keenan Crown Solicitor's Office, Native Title, NSW Government, Sydney, Australia "Raupatu: The Punitive Confiscation of Maori Land in the 1860s" by Bryan Gilling Treaty of Waitangi Research Unit, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand "The Problems of Trusteeship in South Africa" by Asma Hassan History, University of Natal, South Africa "Cosmopolitanism and Indigeneity in the Network Society: Determining the Self and Self Determination" by Paul Havemann Law School, University of Waikato, New Zealand "Land and Liberty: A Clash of Traditions in Gold Rush California" by Paul Kens Political Science, South West Texas State University, USA "Is White Might Right?" by Louise Mandell, Q.C. Mandell Pinder, Barristers and Solicitors, Vancouver, B.C., Canada "Indigenous Rights and the Origins of International Law" by Gregory Marks ATSIC, Australia "`Not to be Bought, Sold or Bartered With:' Religious Communalists in a Fee Simple World - The Canadian Doukhobors and the Land Question, 1899-1999" by John P.S. McLaren Law School, University of Victoria, Canada "Together We Fall, Divided We Stand: The Victorian Legal Profession in Crisis 1890-1940" by Rob McQueen Law and Legal Studies, La Trobe University, Australia ""A simple nullity": Chief Justice Sir James Prendergast, The Treaty of Waitangi and Wi Parata v The Bishop of Wellington (1877)" by Grant Morris History, University of Waikato, New Zealand "'Discontent and Habits of Evasion': The Collection of Quit Rents in Van Diemen's Land 1825-1863" by Stefan Petrow Law Library, University of Tasmania, Australia "Contested Land: The Buganda Experience, 1900-1990" by Rae Porter RMIT, Australia "Aboriginal Title and the State's Fiduciary Obligations" by Stuart Rush, Q.C. Rush Crane Guenther & Adams, Barristers and Solicitors, Vancouver, B.C., Canada "An Assessment of New Zealand's Native Land Court" by David Williams Law School, University of Auckland, New Zealand <>"Private Rights and Public Spaces: Can Liberalism cure the Regulatory Takings Muddle?" by Danaya Wright Law School, University of Florida, USA "Protection of Aboriginal Cultural Heritage, Knowledge and Creativity" by Shelley Wright Law School, University of Sydney, Australia "Property Rights, Discrimination and the Transformation of Canadian Society: The Case of the Leonard Foundation" by Bruce Ziff Law School, University of Alberta, Canada Back This site designed and maintained by Andrew Buck