The American Indian in Western Legal Thought
The Discourses of Conquest
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Publication
1990 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
88,000 words, Guess
Page Count
352 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2058188M
- ISBN-100195050223
- OCLC Control Number18948630
- OCLC Control Numberamericanindianin0000will
- Library of Congress Control Number88037260
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- Goodreads2956234
Classifications
- DDC346.7301/3
- LCCKF8205 .W547 1990
- DDC347.30613
Description
In The American Indian in Western Legal Thought Robert Williams, a legal scholar and Native American of the Lumbee tribe, traces the evolution of contemporary legal thought on the rights and status of American Indians and other indiginous tribal peoples. Beginning with an analysis of the medieval Christian crusading era and its substantive contributions to the West's legal discourse of h̀eathens' and ìnfidels', this study explores the development of the ideas that justified the New World conquests of Spain, England and the United States. Williams shows that long-held notions of the legality of European subjugation and colonization of s̀avage' and b̀arbarian' societies supported the conquests in America. Today, he demonstrates, echoes of racist and Eurocentric prejudices still reverberate in the doctrines and principles of legal discourse regarding native peoples' rights in the United States and in other nations as well.--
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