Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-247) and index.
Introduction -- Negotiation : of recognition and delegation -- Indigenous land rights and cabinet decision-making in Canada (1945-1973) -- Cabinet decision-making and Maori land rights in New Zealand (1944-1989) -- Cabinet decision-making and indigenous land rights in Australia (1945-1998) -- Litigation, not negotiation : the American land claims experience in comparative perspective -- Beyond negotiation