Like a Loaded Weapon: The Rehnquist Court, Indian Rights, and the Legal History of Racism in America

by Robert A. Williams Jr.

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Robert A. Williams Jr. boldly exposes the ongoing legal force of the racist language directed at Indians in American society. Fueled by well-known negative racial stereotypes of Indian savagery and cultural inferiority, this language, Williams contends, has functioned "like a loaded weapon" in the Supreme Court's Indian law decisions. Beginning with Chief Justice John Marshall's foundational opinions in the early nineteenth century and continuing...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816647100

ISBN13:9780816647101

Release Date:November 2005

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 8.8"

Related Subjects

Americas Courts Education & Reference History Humanities Law Legal History Native American Native American Studies Politics & Social Sciences

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Like a Loaded Weapon: The Rehnquist Court, Indian Rights, and the Legal History of Racism in America

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