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Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada.
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Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Descript |
1 online resource (318 p.) |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
Contents |
Contents -- Introduction -- Claims to Territory in Colonial America -- The Pope and the Papal Bulls -- Symbolic Acts of Possession -- Title by Discovery and Colonisation -- Colonisation or Propagation of Faith? -- Treaties Acknowledging Claims to Title -- The Views of the "Fathers" of International Law -- The Views of the Positivists -- The Attitude of the United States Supreme Court -- The Attitude of International Tribunals -- The Attitude of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council -- The Royal Proclamation of 1763 -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes |
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Concepts of Sovereignty at the Time of First Contacts -- 1 Legitimacy of Power: The Ecclesiastical Aspect -- 2 Legitimacy of Power: The Secular Aspects and the Rise of International Law -- 3 Crossing the Atlantic -- 4 Into a Strange World -- 5 Is All Mankind One? -- 6 Routes of Challenge: Trade and Land -- 7 Jus Gentium Takes on New Meanings -- 8 Conclusion: The Changing Face of Sovereignty -- Notes -- Index. |
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ISBN |
9781459304581 |
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