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Broken landscape : Indians, Indian tribes, and the constitution
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- Creator
- Frank Pommersheim
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009
- Physical Details
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- x, 414 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0195373065, 019970659X, 9780195373066, 1282328360, 9786612328367, 0199915733, 0190260262
- OCLC
- ocn463310112, ocn264027358
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: a new challenge to old assumptions -- Early contact: from colonial encounters to the Articles of Confederation -- Second opportunity: the structure and architecture of the constitution -- The Marshall trilogy: foundational but not fully constitutional? -- Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock: the birth of plenary power, incorporation, and an extra constitutional regime -- Elk v. Wilkins: exclusion, inclusion, and the ambiguities of citizenship -- Indian citizens and the First Amendment: the illusion of religious freedom? -- Indian law jurisprudence in the modern era: a common law approach without constitutional principle -- International law perspective: a new model of Indigenous nation sovereignty? -- Conclusion: imagination, translation, and constitutional convergence
Subjects
- United States. Supreme Court -- History.
- Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History.
- Constitutional history -- United States.
- Indians of North America -- Government relations.
- Indians of North America -- Politics and government.
- Indians of North America -- Civil rights -- History.
- Tribal government -- United States.
- Sovereignty.