{"product_id":"american-indian-sovereignty-and-the-u-s-supreme-court-the-masking-of-justice-paperback-softback-9780292791091","title":"American Indian Sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme Court; The Masking of Justice (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292791091","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Indian Sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme Court\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Masking of Justice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid E. Wilkins (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292791091\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 November 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e421 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eA detailed, thorough analysis of 15 US Supreme Court cases involving Native Americans. . . . The cases range from the well-known \u003ci\u003eJohnson v. M\u0026amp;#x2019;Intosh\u003c\/i\u003e to the little-known \u003ci\u003eWard v. Racehorse\u003c\/i\u003e, but all are instance in which the Court has mistakenly \u0026amp;#x2018;limited or terminated the rights of indigenous peoples.\u0026amp;#x2019; In each case the author notes the errors the justices made and the \u0026amp;#x2018;judicial masks\u0026amp;#x2019; that have often enabled them to ignore reality and morality. . . . Judicious and persuasive, he provides new information and insights in this important field. A must read for tribal officials, attorneys, judges, public officials, and others concerned with Native American affairs.\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shift from fresh air to poison gas in our political atmosphere; and our treatment of Indians, even more than our treatment of other minorities, reflects the rise and fall in our democratic faith,\" wrote Felix S. Cohen, an early expert in Indian legal affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, David Wilkins charts the \"fall in our democratic faith\" through fifteen landmark cases in which the Supreme Court significantly curtailed Indian rights. He offers compelling evidence that Supreme Court justices selectively used precedents and facts, both historical and contemporary, to arrive at decisions that have undermined tribal sovereignty, legitimated massive tribal land losses, sanctioned the diminishment of Indian religious rights, and curtailed other rights as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese case studies-and their implications for all minority groups-make important and troubling reading at a time when the Supreme Court is at the vortex of political and moral developments that are redefining the nature of American government, transforming the relationship between the legal and political branches, and altering the very meaning of federalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Legal Masks, Legal Consciousness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. The Era of Defining Tribes, Their Lands, and Their Sovereignty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. The Era of Congressional Ascendancy over Tribes: 1886-1903\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. The Era of \"\u003cbr\u003eMyths\"\u003cbr\u003e: Citizenship, Nomadism, and Moral Progress\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. The Era of Judicial Backlash and Land Claims\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. The Era of the Imperial Judiciary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. Removing the Masks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix A. Cases Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix B. Supreme Court Justices Authoring the Fifteen Opinions Analyzed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530888147224,"sku":"9780292791091","price":29.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-indian-sovereignty-and-the-u-s-supreme-court-the-masking-of-justice-paperback-softback-9780292791091","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}