The Consistency of Property Law in the Settlement Colony

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The idea that there is some kind of linear teleological development is a myth. The fragmented and recombinant nature of property law in the settler colony reflects the reality of colonial modernity. Disposition achieved through ongoing forms of primitive accumulation requires a panoply of pre-modern and modern property logics which operate in conjunction with one another. And we see struggles over ownership being waged on all of those fronts at the same time.

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