Dr. P. G. McHugh is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Cambridge, Tutor of Sidney Sussex College, and Ashley McHugh Ngai Tahu Visiting Professor at Victoria University of Wellington.
This book is big in every way--length, scope, complexity, success, and importance. The book is a tremendous achievement that ought to be read by anyone interested in the sovereignty of the indigenous people pase or present anywhere in the world. --Law and History Review<br> .,. a richly crafted treatment of a worthy topic of immediate as well as historical significance. McHugh has performed a tremendous service in synthesizing the enormous scholarly, judicial, and legislative literatures pertaining to each of his subject jurisdictions, and he has done so without sacrificing the subtle distinctions that constitute a living law. --International Journal of Legal Information<br>