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Article: This Sovereign Land: A New Vision for Governing the West.(Book Review)
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- Environmental Law
- Article date:
- June 22, 2004
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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I. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS
II. CONTRIBUTIONS
III. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
IV. CONCLUSION
I. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS
This Sovereign Land (1) is a careful exposition of western history which emphasizes the public lands. The book meticulously explores these lands' century-old "imperial" origins (2) and local rebellion against that notion, (3) the empire's recent decline (4) and concomitant maturation of the area, (5) and the potential rise of indigenous democracy which might govern the region by reclaiming sovereignty over the public lands. (6)
Kemmis surveys the "lay of the land" in the "dry core"--the eight public lands states with mountainous ...
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Article: Gold rush in Sovereign land.
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...Sep 17, 2003 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian property developer, Lewis Land, has sold its Sovereign Islands land for $A500m. The Queensland property was released in stages, and the first land parcels were sold in 1988 for $A300,000 per plot. In 2003, the sale of 70 plots earned the
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