Conquest By Law
How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of Their Lands
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2005
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-514869-5 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-514869-5 (ISBN)
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Provides an account of the European "discovery" of the Americas. This is a tale of political collision, detailing how a spurious claim gave rise to a doctrine - intended to be of limited application - which itself gave rise to a massive displacement of persons and the creation of a law that governs indigenous people and their lands.
In 1823, Chief Justice John Marshall handed down a Supreme Court decision of monumental importance in defining the rights of indigenous peoples throughout the English-speaking world. At the heart of the decision for Johnson v. M'Intosh was a "discovery doctrine" that gave rights of ownership to the European sovereigns who "discovered" the land and converted the indigenous owners into tenants. Though its meaning and intention has been fiercely disputed, more than 175 years later, this doctrine remains the law of the land. In 1991, while investigating the discovery doctrine's historical origins Lindsay Robertson made a startling find; in the basement of a Pennsylvania furniture-maker, he discovered a trunk with the complete corporate records of the Illinois and Wabash Land Companies, the plaintiffs in Johnson v. M'Intosh. Conquest by Law provides, for the first time, the complete and troubling account of the European "discovery" of the Americas.This is a gripping tale of political collision, detailing how a spurious claim gave rise to a doctrine--intended to be of limited application--which itself gave rise to a massive displacement of persons and the creation of a law that governs indigenous people and their lands to this day.
In 1823, Chief Justice John Marshall handed down a Supreme Court decision of monumental importance in defining the rights of indigenous peoples throughout the English-speaking world. At the heart of the decision for Johnson v. M'Intosh was a "discovery doctrine" that gave rights of ownership to the European sovereigns who "discovered" the land and converted the indigenous owners into tenants. Though its meaning and intention has been fiercely disputed, more than 175 years later, this doctrine remains the law of the land. In 1991, while investigating the discovery doctrine's historical origins Lindsay Robertson made a startling find; in the basement of a Pennsylvania furniture-maker, he discovered a trunk with the complete corporate records of the Illinois and Wabash Land Companies, the plaintiffs in Johnson v. M'Intosh. Conquest by Law provides, for the first time, the complete and troubling account of the European "discovery" of the Americas.This is a gripping tale of political collision, detailing how a spurious claim gave rise to a doctrine--intended to be of limited application--which itself gave rise to a massive displacement of persons and the creation of a law that governs indigenous people and their lands to this day.
Lindsay G. Robertson is Orpha & Maurice Merrill Professor of Law, History & Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. A frequent commentator on indigenous legal affairs, Robertson has served as Faculty Director of the Center for the Study of American Indian Law & Policy since 1998. He teaches courses on Federal Indian Law and Constitutional Law.
Preface; 1. The Illinois and Wabash Land Companies: Purchases and Petitions; 2. Harper; 3. Before the Court; 4. Unforeseen Complication: The Complex Politics of Early Republican Federalism; 5. The Opinion; 6. Legacies; Afterword; Appendix 1 -- The 1810 Memorial; Appendix 2 -- The Agreed Statement of Facts and Federal Objections to the Claims; Bibliography; Index
| Zusatzinfo | 8 maps, 7 halftones |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 524 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Sachenrecht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-514869-X / 019514869X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-514869-5 / 9780195148695 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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