Jennifer A. Hamilton

Indigeneity in the Courtroom (eBook, ePUB)

Law, Culture, and the Production of Difference in North American Courts

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book takes a novel approach to the question of how law shapes the contemporary lives of indigenous peoples in North America by examining property disputes, the use of indigenous justice in mainstream courts, and the use of genetic technologies to prove or disprove indigenous identities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135864446
• Artikelnr.: 38457549

Autorenporträt

Jennifer A. Hamilton has a PhD in Anthropology from Rice University and has written numerous articles on law, race, indigeneity, and biomedicine.

Currently, Dr. Hamilton is Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Director of the Law Program at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Tracking Indigeneity in the Courtroom 2. Banishment:
Indigenous Justice and Indigenous Difference in Washington v. Roberts and
Guthrie 3. Healing the Bishop: Consent and the Legal Erasure of Colonial
History in R. v. O'Connor 4. Resettling Musqueam Park: Property, Culture,
and Difference in Glass v. Musqueam Indian Band 5. Of Caucasoids and Kin:
Kennewick Man, Race, and Genetic Indigeneity in Bonnichsen v. United States