Resolving Modern Property Rights with the Colonial Legal System

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Resolving Modern Property Rights with the Colonial Legal System
I. Introduction
The history of property ownership and property rights is a history of conquest and reform. The case of Wurridjal v The Commonwealth of Australia in 2009 is the latest confrontation in this war that has transitioned form the battlefield to the Parliament and the courtroom. The attempts to resolve the conflicts of the property rights of indigenous peoples and modern property law are far from clear, but an investigation into their muddled past my shed some light on the subject and expose the underlying difficulties in resolving these issues.
Land ownership in the United Kingdom is still not a completely clear subject as efforts to survey and register land...

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