{"product_id":"perversions-of-justice-indigenous-peoples-and-angloamerican-law-9780872864115","title":"Perversions of Justice Indigenous Peoples and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003cem\u003ePerversions of Justice\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 form 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 law of nations that the current America-dominated international order ends up, like the U.S. itself, functioning in a manner diametrically opposed to the ideals of freedom and democracy it professes to embrace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy tracing the evolution of federal Indian law, Churchill is able to show how the premises set forth therein not only spilled over onto non-Indians in the U.S., but were also adapted for application abroad. The trajectory of America’s imperial logic can be followed all the\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528289362263,"sku":"9780872864115","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780872864115.jpg?v=1731871083","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/perversions-of-justice-indigenous-peoples-and-angloamerican-law-9780872864115","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}