The law of nations and the New World
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
088864129X
ISBN 13
9780888641298
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1989
Publisher
Pages
303
Subject
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Claims
Tags
Indigenous peoples -- Legal status laws etc. -- Canada, Indigenous peoples -- Legal status laws etc., Indigenous peoples -- North America -- History, Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Claims, Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Claims, Indigenous peoples -- Claims, Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Land tenure, Indigenous peoples -- Land tenure -- Canada, Indigenous peoples -- Land tenure, Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Land transfers, Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Land transfers, Indigenous peoples -- Land transfers, Indigenous title -- Canada, Indigenous title, Sovereignty
Abstract
"Canada's constitutional affirmation of "existing aboriginal and treaty rights of Canada" raises fundamental questions about European occupation of the New World. On what grounds did Europeans claim rights of "discovery" over lands that were obviously occupied? Were there generally recognized rules of law by which Amerindians could be legally subjected to European hegemony? The Law of Nations and the New World explores the ideology of European colonial expansion, describing and evaluating the legal, theological and philosophical justifications of both colonizers and those who opposed them from two very different points of view. The authors provide fascinating insights into the thinking that helped to create the "aboriginal problems" faced by so many in the world today."--Book jacket.
Number of Copies
1
