Discovering Indigenous Lands - Miller, Robert J. (Professor of Law, Lewis a Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon) a Ruru, Jacinta (Senior Lecturer, University of Otago) a Behrendt, Larissa (Professor of Law and Director of Research, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Techno

North America, New Zealand, and Australia were colonized by England under an international legal principle that is known today as the doctrine of discovery. This book analyses how England applied this doctrine to gain control over the lands, property, government, and human rights of Indigenous peoples, and how this control continues to this day.