Broken Landscape

Indians, Indian Tribes, and the Constitution
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-991573-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 424 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 721 g

Broken Landscape is a sweeping chronicle of Indian tribal sovereignty under the United States Constitution and the way that legislators have interpreted and misinterpreted tribal sovereignty since the nation's founding. Frank Pommersheim, one of America's leading scholars in Indian tribal law, offers a novel and deeply researched synthesis of this legal history from colonial times to the present, confronting the failures of constitutional analysis in
contemporary Indian law jurisprudence. He demonstrates that the federal government has repeatedly failed to respect the Constitution's recognition of tribal sovereignty. Instead, it has favored excessive, unaccountable authority in its dealings with tribes. Pommersheim argues that the Supreme Court has strayed from
its Constitutional roots as well, consistently issuing decisions over two centuries that have bolstered federal power over the tribes. Closing with a proposal for a Constitutional amendment that would reaffirm tribal sovereignty, Broken Landscape challenges us to finally accord Indian tribes and Indian people the respect and dignity that are their due.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars of constitutional law, native american law, United States legal history, United States history, and human rights legislation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pommersheim, Frank

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: The Early Encounter
1. Introduction: A New Challenge to Old Assumptions
2. Early Contact: From Colonial Encounters to the Article of Confederation
3. Second Opportunity: The Structure and Architecture of the Constitution
4. The Marshall Trilogy: Foundational but Not Fully Constitutional?
5. Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock: The Birth of Plenary Power, Incorporation, and an Extraconstitutional Regime
Part Two: Individual Indians and the Constitution
6. Elk v. Wilkins: Exclusion, Inclusion, and the Ambiguities of Citizenship
7. Indians and the First Amendment: The Illusion of Religious Freedom?
Part Three: The Modern Encounter
8. Indian Law Jurisprudence in the Modern Era: A Common Law Approach Without Constitutional Principle
9. International Law Perspective: A New Model of Indigenous Nation Sovereignty?
10. Conclusion: Imagination, Translation, and Constitutional Convergence

Über Autor(innen)

Pommersheim, Frank
Frank Pommersheim, Professor of Law, University of South Dakota

Professor of Law, University of South Dakota