1st Edition
The Colonisation and Settlement of Taiwan, 1684–1945 Land Tenure, Law and Qing and Japanese Policies
By Ruiping Ye
Copyright 2019
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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The dispossession of indigenous peoples by conquest regimes remains a pressing issue. This book, unlike most other books on the subject, contrasts two different colonial administrations – first the Chinese Qing Empire, then, from 1895, the Japanese. It shows how, under the Chinese legal system, the Qing employed the Chinese legal system to manage the relationship between the increasing numbers of... Read more
Introduction. 1. Land Settlement: Progression and Pattern. 2. Settlement Polices: Reluctant Expansion. 3. Aboriginal Land: Recognition and Protection. 4. Chinese Practice: Transforming Aboriginal Land Tenure. 5. Aborigines’ Efforts: A Losing Battle. 6. Japanese Colonisation: New Tenure under the Modern Law. Conclusion: Land Tenure, Colonisation, and Legal Tradition
Biography
Dr Ruiping Ye is a lecturer in law at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
