Name: American Indian Sovereignty and the U. So Supreme Court: The Masking of Justice (en Inglés)
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Author: David E. Wilkins
ISBN: 9780292791091

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Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Univ Of Texas Pr

Autor

David E. Wilkins

Año

1997

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

421

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Peso

1.30

ISBN

9780292791091

ISBN13

9780292791091

Categorías

Derechos humanos y libertades civiles

American Indian Sovereignty and the U. So Supreme Court: The Masking of Justice (en Inglés)

David E. Wilkins (Autor) · Univ Of Texas Pr · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "American Indian Sovereignty and the U. So Supreme Court: The Masking of Justice (en Inglés)"

"Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shift from fresh air to poison gas in our political atmosphere; and our treatment of Indians, even more than our treatment of other minorities, reflects the rise and fall in our democratic faith," wrote Felix S. Cohen, an early expert in Indian legal affairs.In this book, David Wilkins charts the "fall in our democratic faith" through fifteen landmark cases in which the Supreme Court significantly curtailed Indian rights. He offers compelling evidence that Supreme Court justices selectively used precedents and facts, both historical and contemporary, to arrive at decisions that have undermined tribal sovereignty, legitimated massive tribal land losses, sanctioned the diminishment of Indian religious rights, and curtailed other rights as well.These case studies—and their implications for all minority groups—make important and troubling reading at a time when the Supreme Court is at the vortex of political and moral developments that are redefining the nature of American government, transforming the relationship between the legal and political branches, and altering the very meaning of federalism.