Doctrine of Discovery

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colonial doctrine legal doctrine theological doctrine

The Doctrine of Discovery is a legal and theological principle developed by European colonial powers that justified claiming sovereignty over non-Christian lands and peoples, profoundly shaping centuries of colonization and Indigenous dispossession.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Doctrine of Discovery canonical	2
Discovery Doctrine	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial doctrine ⓘ legal doctrine ⓘ theological doctrine ⓘ
appliedInCourtCase	Johnson v. M’Intosh ⓘ Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation ⓘ Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States ⓘ
associatedWithPope	Pope Alexander VI ⓘ Pope Nicholas V ⓘ
basedOnConcept	Christian supremacy ⓘ civilizing mission ⓘ terra nullius ⓘ
codifiedIn	Dum Diversas ⓘ surface form: papal bull Dum Diversas papal bull Inter caetera ⓘ papal bull Romanus Pontifex ⓘ
criticizedBy	Indigenous leaders ⓘ human rights organizations ⓘ legal scholars ⓘ theologians ⓘ
criticizedFor	legitimizing colonialism ⓘ racism ⓘ religious discrimination ⓘ violation of human rights ⓘ
developedBy	Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church European colonial powers ⓘ
emergedInCentury	15th century ⓘ
emergedInContextOf	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery European overseas expansion ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Doctrine of Discovery ⓘ surface form: Discovery Doctrine
hasLongTermImpactOn	Indigenous land rights ⓘ contemporary debates on decolonization ⓘ settler colonial legal systems ⓘ
hasReligiousBasisIn	Christianity ⓘ
hasTheologicalBasisIn	Catholic theology ⓘ
influenced	Australian land law ⓘ Canadian Aboriginal law ⓘ European colonial law ⓘ United States federal Indian law and policy ⓘ surface form: United States federal Indian law international law regarding colonization ⓘ property law in settler colonies ⓘ
justified	European sovereignty claims over non-Christian lands ⓘ colonial occupation of Indigenous territories ⓘ denial of Indigenous sovereignty ⓘ dispossession of Indigenous peoples ⓘ
limitedIndigenousRightTo	international recognition ⓘ land ownership ⓘ political sovereignty ⓘ
partiallyRepudiatedBy	Holy See ⓘ
repudiatedBy	Anglican Church of Canada ⓘ Episcopal Church ⓘ surface form: Episcopal Church (United States) Presbyterian Church (USA) ⓘ United Church of Christ ⓘ World Council of Churches ⓘ
usedByCountry	England ⓘ France ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

papal bull Inter caetera → legalDoctrineContext → Doctrine of Discovery ⓘ

subject surface form: Inter caetera

Inter caetera → relatedTo → Doctrine of Discovery ⓘ

Doctrine of Discovery → hasAlternativeName → Doctrine of Discovery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Discovery Doctrine