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Broken landscape : Indians, Indian tribes, and the constitution / / Frank Pommersheim



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Autore: Pommersheim Frank Visualizza persona
Titolo: Broken landscape : Indians, Indian tribes, and the constitution / / Frank Pommersheim Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (425 p.)
Disciplina: 342.7308/72
Soggetto topico: 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
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-405) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 extraconstitutional regime -- Elk v. Wilkins : exclusion, inclusion, and the ambiguities of citizenship -- Indians 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.
Sommario/riassunto: Broken Landscape is a sweeping chronicle of the ways that Indian tribal sovereignty is recognized within the Constitution and as it has been interpreted and misinterpreted through legal analysis and practice over the intervening decades. Built on a history of war and usurpation of land, the relationship between Indian tribes and the United States government was formally inscribed within federal structure--a structure not mirrored in the traditions of tribal governance. Although the Constitution recognized the sovereignty of Indian nations, it did not safeguard tribes against the tides of natio
Titolo autorizzato: Broken landscape  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-026026-2
1-282-32836-0
9786612328367
0-19-970659-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910807460603321
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