History of Public Land Law Development

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Wm. W. Gaunt & Sons, 1987 - Law - 828 pages
This text focuses on the history of the development of law in relation to the public lands , the colonial land systems, the origin of the public domain, and the conflicting interests generating change in land policy from colonial times to the 20th century. As a special feature it discusses the legal aspects of mineral resources exploitation.

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