The American Indian in Western Legal Thought: The Discourses of ConquestOxford University Press, 26. nov. 1992 - 368 strani 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. |
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The Medieval and Renaissance Origins of the Status of the American Indian in Western Legal Thought | 11 |
Protestant Discourses | 119 |
The Norman Yoke The American Indian and the Settling of United States Colonizing Legal Theory | 227 |
Conclusion | 325 |
Bibliography | 335 |
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The American Indian in Western Legal Thought: The Discourses of Conquest Robert A. Williams Omejen predogled - 1990 |
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American Indian argued argument asserted authority British Camden-Yorke opinion Catholic century charter Christian Church civilization claims colonial colonists colonizing discourse Columbus Company Congress Crown Crusade declared discourse of conquest divine Doctrine of Discovery dominium Elizabethan emperor empire encomienda England English Americans English colonizing European feudal frontier Gentili Gilbert grant H. C. Porter Hakluyt heathen Henry hierocratic holy Humphrey Gilbert Illinois-Wabash Company imperial Indian lands Indies indigenous infidel Innocent Innocent's Inter caetera Irish Johnson jurisdiction king king's Law of Nations legal discourse legal thought Lord medieval Mongol natural law natural-law rights Norman Yoke normatively divergent pagan papacy papal papal bull Peckham political pope possessed prerogative principles proclamation protection radical recognized rights and status rights of conquest Roman royal Samuel Wharton savages secular sovereignty Spain Spaniards Spanish speculators supra note territory text accompanying notes theory tion trade treaty Victoria Virginia vision voyage western lands Wharton World
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Stran 2 - The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.