Download or read book History of Public Land Law Development written by Paul Wallace Gates and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text focuses on the history of the development of law in relation to the public lands , the colonial land systems, the origin of the public domain, and the conflicting interests generating change in land policy from colonial times to the 20th century. As a special feature it discusses the legal aspects of mineral resources exploitation.