Treaties and Indigenous Peoples: The Robb Lectures 1991 [Hardcover]

The Late Ian Brownlie QC DCL FBA (Author), F. M. Brookfield (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0198257163 | ISBN-13: 978-0198257165

This is a collection of Professor Ian Brownlie's 1990 Robb Lectures which were delivered at the University of Auckland. At a time when the rights of minorities are of great concern, this work covers important international aspects of the rights of the Maori--the native people of New Zealand--under the Treaty of Waitangi which was signed in 1840 between the Maori chiefs and Queen Victoria and became the foundation of New Zealand as a British colony.

Editorial Reviews

Review

`The book applies acute observation and analysis to a specific problem in the light of growth and divergence in legal standards. The treatment of issues is fair and balanced but sufficiently assertive to engage our Socratic impulses. The text informs the reader, distils the particular wisdom of the thinker-practitioner and provides in its short compass a great deal of material for further reflection. It is not necessary to share all the author's conclusions in order to appreciate the consistently high standard of argument.' British Yearbook of International Law

`Brownlie's lectures have been supplemented by extensive footnoting by Professor F.M. Brookfield of the University of Auckland. These valuable and meticulous footnotes give fulsome references to the New Zealand material which necessarily the lectures proper can usually only touch in passing.' International and Comparative Law Quaterly

'his comments on the New Zealand situation are interspersed with judicious and penetrating remarks" European Journal of International Law, Vol 4 No.1, 1993

About the Author

Ian Brownlie is Chichele Professor of International Law, University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (April 2, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198257163
• ISBN-13: 978-0198257165
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,570,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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