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

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Robert A. Williams, Jr., boldly exposes the ongoing legal force of the racist language directed at Indians in American society. Building on the insights of Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, and Frantz Fanon, Williams argues that racist language has been employed by the courts to legalize a uniquely Amer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Williams, Robert A., Jr., 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Rehnquist, William H., > 1924-2005.
Rehnquist, William H., > 1924-
United States. > Supreme Court.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court.
Racism.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation.
Indians of North America > Civil rights.
HISTORY > Native American.
LAW > Public.
LAW > Constitutional.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Discrimination raciale > Droit > États-Unis > Histoire.
Indiens d'Amerique > Droits > États-Unis > Histoire.
Racism > United States > History.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Indians of North America > Civil rights > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Discovering a Language of Racism in America; 1. "Look, Mom, a Baby Maid!" The Languages of Racism; 2. The Supreme Court and the Legal History of Racism in America; Part II. "Signs Taken for Wonders": The Nineteenth-Century Supreme Court and Indian Rights; 3. "The Savage as the Wolf": The Founders' Language of Indian Savagery; 4. Indian Rights and the Marshall Court; 5. The Rise of the Plenary Power Doctrine; Part III. The Twentieth-Century Post-Brown Supreme Court and Indian Rights.

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