Conquest by Law

How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of Their Lands

Lindsay G. Robertson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2007
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-531489-2 (ISBN)

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John Marshall's landmark 1823 decision in Johnson v. M'Intosh gave the European sovereigns who "discovered" North America rights to the land, converting Native Americans in one stroke into mere tenants. In 1991, while investigating the historical origins of this highly controversial decision, Lindsay Robertson made a startling find in the basement of a Pennsylvania furniture-maker--the complete corporate records of the Illinois and Wabash Land Companies, the plaintiffs in the case. Drawing on these records, Conquest by Law provides, for the first time, a complete and troubling account of collusion, detailing how a spurious claim gave rise to a doctrine--intended to be of limited application--which led to the massive displacement of Native Americans and the creation of a law that governs indigenous people 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. Virginia, Kentucky, and 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 ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.4.2008
Zusatzinfo	8 maps, 7 halftones
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	158 x 232 mm
Gewicht	386 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-19-531489-1 / 0195314891
ISBN-13	978-0-19-531489-2 / 9780195314892
Zustand	Neuware