Louis A. Knafla is a professor emeritus of the Department of History and director of socio-legal studies at the University of Calgary. Haijo Westra is a professor of Greek and Roman studies at the University of Calgary.

Contributors: Brian Ballantyne, Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, Peter W. Hutchins, Kenichi Matsui, Kent McNeil, Nicolas Peterson, Arthur Ray, Bruce Rigsby, Jacinta Ruru, and David Yarrow

Introduction. "This Is Our Land": Aboriginal Title at Customary and Common Law in Comparative Contexts / Louis A. Knafla

Part 1: Sovereignty, Extinguishment, and Expropriation of Aboriginal Title

1 From the US Indian Claims Commission Cases to Delgamuukw: Facts, Theories, and Evidence in North American Land Claims / Arthur Ray

2 Social Theory, Expert Evidence, and the Yorta Yorta Rights Appeal Decision / Bruce Rigsby

3 Law's Infidelity to Its Past: The Failure to Recognize Indigenous Jurisdiction in Australia and Canada / David Yarrow

4 The Defence of Native Title and Dominion in Sixteenth-Century Mexico Compared with Delgamuukw / Haijo Westra

5 Beyond Aboriginal Title in Yukon: First Nations Land Registries / Brian Ballantyne

Part 2: Native Land, Litigation, and Indigenous Rights

6 The "Race" for Recognition: Toward a Policy of Recognition of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada / Paul L.A.H. Chartrand

7 The Sources and Content of Indigenous Land Rights in Australia and Canada: A Critical Comparison / Kent McNeil

8 Common Law, Statutory Law, and the Political Economy of the Recognition of Indigenous Australian Rights in Land / Nicolas Peterson

9 Claiming Native Title in the Foreshore and Seabed / Jacinta Ruru

10 Waterpower Developments and Native Water Rights Struggles in the North American West in the Early Twentieth Century: A View from Three Stoney Nakoda Cases / Kenichi Matsui

Conclusion. Power and Principle: State-Indigenous Relations across Time and Space / Peter W. Hutchins

Selected Bibliography; General Index; Index of Cases; Index of Statutes, Treaties, and Agreements

Louis A. Knafla is a professor emeritus of the Department of History and director of socio-legal studies at the University of Calgary. Haijo Westra is a professor of Greek and Roman studies at the University of Calgary.

Contributors: Brian Ballantyne, Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, Peter W. Hutchins, Kenichi Matsui, Kent McNeil, Nicolas Peterson, Arthur Ray, Bruce Rigsby, Jacinta Ruru, and David Yarrow