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Traditional, National, and International Law and Indigenous Communities /

"This manuscript, the second in the Indigenous Justice series, explores the 'use and misuse of the law to the detriment of Indigenous people.' It is sorted around three major themes: it highlights the marginalization of Indigenous law; argues that European-based law has been used to &...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Jarratt-Snider, Karen (Editor ), Nielsen, Marianne O. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"This manuscript, the second in the Indigenous Justice series, explores the 'use and misuse of the law to the detriment of Indigenous people.' It is sorted around three major themes: it highlights the marginalization of Indigenous law; argues that European-based law has been used to "destroy Indigenous human rights by enacting laws about forced assimilation, political disenfranchisement, and the destruction of social institutions"; and shows that 'law is often a tool of exploitation' that has been 'used to justify slavery, massacres, land and resource theft, and treaty-breaking'"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (222 pages).
ISBN:9780816541300