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Perversions of Justice: Indigenous Peoples and Angloamerican Law

Paperback • 2003 • English

Perversions of Justice: Indigenous Peoples and Angloamerican Law

By Ward Churchill

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About the book

The United States is readily distinguishable from other countries, Chief Justice John Marshall opined in 1803, because it is -a nation of laws, not of men.- In Perversions of Justice , Ward Churchill takes Marshall at his word, exploring through a series of 11 carefully crafted essays how the U.S. has consistently employed a corrupt from of legalism as a means of establishing colonial control and empire. Along the way, he demonstrates how this -nation of laws- has so completely subverted the la...Show more

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9780872864115

Publisher

CITY LIGHTS BOOKS

Published year

2003

Language

English

Original title

Perversions of Justice: Indigenous Peoples and Angloamerican Law

Format

Paperback

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