History of Public Land Law Development

History of Public Land Law Development
Author: Paul Wallace Gates
Publisher:
Total Pages: 828
Release: 1968
Genre: Public lands
ISBN: 9780912004624

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.