Brazil: Brazil, Indigenous Peoples, And The International Law Of Discovery

Brazil: Brazil, Indigenous Peoples, And The International Law Of Discovery Robert J. Miller, and Micheline D'Angelis, 2011   The Doctrine of Discovery, viewed through the lens of six hundred years of international law, has shaped Brazil’s legal history and laws ever since 1500 when Portugal claimed first discovery of the territory. A comparative law examination of the Doctrine’s long history in Portuguese and European law demonstrates that Portugal’s domination of Brazil was founded on...

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