Does American Indian law reflect Indian values? A study on native American identity

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

This study explores the legal history of the Indian civilizations of North America. It focuses on the unusual link between the jurisprudence of the United States Supreme Court and the extermination politics practiced by the federal government. Strange enough, these have been some of the limits of the most admired democracy of the world. The analysis explains the racist solution imposed by Justice Marshall, whose legal genius created the concept of "guardship" against the Native Americans. Different periods of time, concentrated in their respective "legal solution" have resulted in the disappearance of most of the North American Indian civilizations. One is surprised to notice the eurocentric vision imposed on these cultures, whose concepts are so very different from ours. Notions like "tribe", "savages", "state of pupilage" speak for themselves in order to demonstrate the arguments used for the destruction of a fascinating world and for the justification of the colonization process of the Americas.

Object Details

• ISSN: 1582-4551
• Extent: Seite(n): 709-748
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 9(4)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Ethnologie, Kulturanthropologie, Ethnosoziologie ; Kolonisation ; historische Entwicklung ; Rassismus ; kulturelle Identität ; Indianer ; Gerechtigkeit ; Recht ; Nordamerika ; Souveränität

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Vlad, Monica
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2009

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-445779
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST