Federal Anti-Indian Law: The Legal Entrapment of Indigenous Peoples

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Peter P. d'Erricoauthor

Peter P. d'Errico, JD (LLB), is professor emeritus of legal studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he has taught for more than 30 years.

Federal Anti-Indian Law: The Legal Entrapment of Indigenous Peoples

20220930

Praeger

Pages 280
Topics U.S. Supreme Court;Trust Doctrine;Sovereignty;Self-Determination;International Law;Indian Claims Commission;Colonialism;Civil Rights;Christian Discovery;Academic Libraries;Race and Ethnicity: American Indian Studies;Politics, Law, and Government: Law

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Federal Anti-Indian Law: The Legal Entrapment of Indigenous Peoples

Author(s): d'Errico, Peter;
Contributors: d'Errico, Peter;
Abstract:

Telling the crucial and under-studied story of the U.S. legal doctrines that underpin the dispossession and domination of Indigenous peoples, this book intends to enhance global Indigenous movements for self-determination.

In this wide-ranging historical study of federal Indian law—the field of U.S. law related to Native peoples—attorney and educator Peter P. d'Errico argues that the U.S. government's assertion of absolute prerogative and unlimited authority over Native peoples and their lands is actually a suspension of law.

Combining a deep theoretical analysis of the law with a historical examination of its roots in Christian civilization, d'Errico presents a close reading of foundational legal cases and raises the possibility of revoking the doctrine of domination. The book's larger context is the increasing frequency of Indigenous conflicts with nation-states around the world as ecological crises caused by industrial extraction impinge drastically on Indigenous peoples' existences. D'Errico's goal is to rethink the role of law in the global order—to imagine an Indigenous nomos of the earth, an order arising from peoples and places rather than the existing hegemony of states.

  • Combines a deep theoretical analysis of the law with historical perspective</li>

  • Argues that federal Indian law is an exception from regular legal processes</li>

  • Offers a global Indigenous perspective on human civilization</li>

  • Provides analysis from an attorney and educator with decades of experience in federal Indian law</li>

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SortTitle: federal anti-indian law: the legal entrapment of indigenous peoples
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Peter P. d'Erricoauthor

Peter P. d'Errico, JD (LLB), is professor emeritus of legal studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he has taught for more than 30 years.

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Pages: 280
Publication Date: 20220930