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Author Williams, Robert A., 1955-

Title Like a loaded weapon [electronic resource] : the Rehnquist court, Indian rights, and the legal history of racism in America / Robert A. Williams, Jr.

Imprint Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, c2005.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xxxvi, 270 p.
Series Indigenous Americas
Indigenous Americas.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "Look, Mom, a baby maid!" : the languages of racism -- The Supreme Court and the legal history of racism in America -- "The savage as the wolf" : the founders' language of Indian savagery -- Indian rights and the Marshall Court -- The rise of the plenary power doctrine -- What "every American schoolboy knows" : the language of Indian savagery in Tee-Hit-Ton -- Rehnquist's language of racism in Oliphant -- The most Indianophobic Supreme Court Indian law opinion ever -- The dangers of the twentieth-century Supreme Court's Indian rights decisions -- Expanding Oliphant's principle of racial discrimination : Nevada v. Hicks -- The court's schizophrenic approach to Indian rights : United States v. Lara.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Rehnquist, William H., 1924-2005.
United States. Supreme Court.
Indians of North America -- Civil rights -- History.
Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
Racism -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0816647097 (hc : alk. paper)
0816647100 (pb : alk. paper)

 
    
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