The American Indian in western legal thought : the discourses of conquest / / Robert A. Williams, Jr [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Williams Robert A. <1955->
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| Titolo: |
The American Indian in western legal thought : the discourses of conquest / / Robert A. Williams, Jr [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (365 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 346.73013347.30613 |
| 347.30613 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc - History - Sources |
| Indians of North America - Government relations - History - Sources | |
| Indians of North America - Politics and government - History - Sources | |
| Racism - United States - History - Sources | |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 1990. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-341) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Introduction; Part I: The Medieval and Renaissance Origins of the Status of the American Indian in Western Legal Thought; 1. The Medieval Discourse of Crusade; 2. The Perfect Instrument of Empire: The Colonizing Discourse of Renaissance Spain; 3. The Protestant Translation of Medieval and Renaissance Discourses on the Rights and Status of American Indians; 4. The Elizabethan Wars for America; 5. The English Conquest of Virginia; Part III: The Norman Yoke: The American Indian and the Settling of United States Colonizing Legal Theory; 6. The Norman Yoke |
| 7. The Colonists' War for AmericaConclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The author traces the evolution of legal thought on the rights and status of the American Indian and indigenous tribal peoples, and argues for the rejection of Western legal conceptions that reduce tribal peoples to culturally, politically, and morally inferior beings. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The American Indian in Western Legal Thought |
| ISBN: | 0-19-771826-4 |
| 1-280-44328-6 | |
| 0-19-802173-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811379303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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