Conquest by Law.

An investigation into the legal basis of land claims in the United States, this volume uses the archives of the Illinois and Wabash Land Companies to illustrate how a doctrine that discovery created a right of ownership became enshrined in U.S. law & turned indigenous peoples from owners into te...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robertson, G. Lindsay
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2005.
Temas:
United Illinois and Wabash Land Companies > Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. > Supreme Court > History.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court > Histoire.
United Illinois and Wabash Land Companies
United States. > Supreme Court
Indians of North America > Land tenure > United States > History.
Indian land transfers > History.
Land titles > Illinois > History.
Land titles > Indiana > History.
Constitutional history > United States.
Peuples autochtones > Terres > États-Unis > Histoire.
Peuples autochtones > Terres > Histoire.
Titres de propriété > Illinois > Histoire.
Titres de propriété > Indiana > Histoire.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
Constitutional history
Indian land transfers
Indians of North America > Land tenure
Land titles
Illinois
Indiana
United States
History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:An investigation into the legal basis of land claims in the United States, this volume uses the archives of the Illinois and Wabash Land Companies to illustrate how a doctrine that discovery created a right of ownership became enshrined in U.S. law & turned indigenous peoples from owners into tenants.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (264 pages)
ISBN:9780198033943
019803394X

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