International: The Impact Of The American Doctrine Of Discovery On Native Land Rights In ...

International: The Impact Of The American Doctrine Of Discovery On Native Land Rights In Australia, Canada, and New Zealand Blake A. Watson, 2011   The landmark decision in the United States regarding Indian land rights is Johnson v. McIntosh, an 1823 decision authored by Chief Justice John Marshall. The Supreme Court in Johnson unequivocally rejected the most favorable view of indigenous land rights—that the native inhabitants own the land they occupy and are free to retain or sell their...

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