The American Indian in Western Legal Thought by Williams

The American Indian in Western Legal Thought by Williams

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Summary

Tracing the evolution of legal thought on the rights and status of the American Indian and indigenous tribal peoples, Robert Williams argues for the rejection of Western legal conceptions that reduce these peoples to culturally, politically, and morally inferior beings.

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The American Indian in Western Legal Thought by Williams

Exploring the history of contemporary legal thought on the rights and status of the West's colonized indigenous tribal peoples, Williams here traces the development of the themes that justified and impelled Spanish, English, and American conquests of the New World.
this book can be recommended as providing a good overview of the jurisprudential status of the United States Indian tribes.. The author brings together all the important sources and events which have somehow contributed to legal thought affecting the American Indian. * Cambridge Law Journal *
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ISBN 13 9780195080025
ISBN 10 0195080025
Title The American Indian in Western Legal Thought
Author Robert A Williams Jr
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 1993-02-11
Number of pages 368
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.