Research Catalog

Title

Land tenure in the Cook Islands / R.G. Crocombe.

Author

Crocombe, R. G.

Publication

Melbourne [Vic.] : Oxford University Press, 1964.

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Details

Additional Authors

Australian National University.

Description

xv, 180 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.

Subject

• Land tenure > Cook Islands > History
• Customary law > Cook Islands
• Indigenous peoples > Land tenure > Cook Islands
• Land tenure > Law and legislation > Cook Islands
• 86.81 human rights
• Customary law
• Indigenous peoples > Land tenure
• Land tenure
• Land tenure > Law and legislation
• Eigendomsrecht
• Grond
• Iwi taketake
• Cook Islands
• Cook Islands > Land and property
• Cook Islands > Law and legislation

Genre/Form

History

Note

• New Zealand author.
• "Published in association with the Australian National University."

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [165]-172.

Contents

Glossary of indigenous and technical terms -- Pt. One. THE PRE-CONTACT LAND TENURE SYSTEM OF RAROTONGA -- Ch. I. Introduction -- Ch. II. Historical background -- Ch. III. The utilization and role of land in Rarotonga -- Ch. IV. Social organization -- Ch. V. The distribution of rights to land -- Ch. VI. The acquisition and loss of rights to land -- Pt. Two. THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN CULTURE ON LAND TENURE 1823-98 -- Ch. VII. Changes to the distribution of land and land rights -- Ch. VIII. The form and function of introduced laws -- Ch. IX. The new role of land -- Pt. Three. THE LAND COURT : ITS FORM. FUNCTIONS, AND EFFECTS -- Ch. X. The establishment of the Land Court -- Ch. XI. The Land Court in action -- Ch. XII. Court practice and native custom -- Ch. XIII. Tenure reform and productivity -- Ch. XIV. Recent developments -- Ch. XV. Future possibilities.

LCCN

64054736

OCLC

• ocm02393089
• 2393089
• SCSB-517371

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library