American Indian law in a nutshell / / by William C. Canby, Jr., Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit formerly Professor of Law, Arizona State University

• Autore: Canby William C. <1931->
• Pubblicazione: St. Paul, Minnesota : , : West Academic Publishing, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: Sixth edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (366 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 342.730872
• Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- OUTLINE -- Table of Cases -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- A. The Nature and Scope of Indian Law -- B. What Is an Indian Tribe? -- C. Who Is an Indian? -- Chapter 2. Historical Overview of Federal Indian Law and Policy -- A. Introduction -- B. Establishment of the Federal Role: Colonial Times to 1820 -- C. The Cherokee Cases and Indian Removal: 1820 to 1850 -- D. Movement to the Reservations: 1850 to 1887 -- E. Allotments and Attempted Assimilation: 1887 to 1934 -- F. Indian Reorganization and Preservation of the Tribes: 1934 to 1953 -- G. Termination and Relocation: 1953 to 1968 -- H. Tribal Self-Determination: 1968 to Present -- Chapter 3. The Special Relationship Between the Federal Government and the Tribes -- A. Introduction -- B. Evolution of the Relationship -- C. Enforcement of the Trust Responsibility -- D. Role of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Department of the Interior -- E. Termination of the Federal-Tribal Relationship -- Chapter 4. Indian Tribal Governments -- A. Organization of the Tribes -- Tribal Constitutions -- B. The Tribal Council -- C. The Tribal Chairman -- D. Tribal Courts -- E. The Tribal Attorney -- F. Tribal Corporations -- G. Tribes Not Organized Under the Indian Reorganization Act -- Chapter 5. Indian Tribal Sovereignty -- A. Origins and Development of Tribal Sovereignty -- B. Tribal Sovereignty Today -- Its Meaning and Limits -- 1. Domestic Dependent Status -- 2. Preemption of State Law -- 3. Plenary Power of Congress -- C. Sovereign Immunity of the Tribes -- Chapter 6. Indian Treaties -- A. Treaty Rights, Past and Present -- B. Sympathetic Construction of Treaties (and Statutes) -- C. Abrogation of Treaties -- Chapter 7. Criminal and Civil Jurisdiction in Indian Country -- A. Introduction -- B. Indian Country. ; C. Historical Background of Jurisdiction in Indian Country -- 1. Initial Jurisdiction of the Tribes and the Growth of Federal Authority -- 2. The Selective Extension of State Law into Indian Country -- D. Present Division of Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country -- 1. Federal Criminal Jurisdiction -- a. Federal Crimes of Nationwide Applicability -- b. Crimes Punishable Under the General Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C.A. 1152 -- c. Crimes Punishable Under the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C.A. 1153 -- d. Other Federal Statutes -- 2. Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction -- 3. State Criminal Jurisdiction -- 4. Chart of Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country by Parties and Crimes -- E. Arrest -- F. Present Division of Civil Jurisdiction in Indian Country -- 1. State Civil Jurisdiction -- a. General Civil Litigation -- b. Divorce -- c. Adoption and Child Custody -- d. Probate -- 2. Tribal Civil Jurisdiction -- a. General Civil Litigation -- b. Divorce -- c. Adoption and Child Custody -- d. Probate -- 3. Federal Civil Jurisdiction -- a. General Civil Litigation -- b. Divorce -- Adoption and Child Custody -- Probate -- 4. Chart of Civil Jurisdiction in Indian Country by Parties and Subject Matter -- a. General Civil Litigation -- b. Divorce -- c. Adoption and Child Custody (Non-Divorce) (Consult 25 U.S.C.A. 1911) -- d. Probate -- G. Recognition of Judgments -- Full Faith and Credit -- H. Choice of Law -- Chapter 8. Public Law 280: A Federal Grant of Jurisdiction to the States -- A. Introduction -- B. Criminal Jurisdiction -- C. Civil Jurisdiction -- D. Exception for Taxation and Regulation -- E. Other Exceptions to State Jurisdiction Under Public Law 280 -- F. Assumption of Jurisdiction by the Optional States -- G. Retrocession of Jurisdiction by a State to the Federal Government -- Chapter 9. Taxation and Regulation in Indian Country -- A. Introduction. ; B. Federal Taxation in Indian Country -- C. State Taxation in Indian Country -- 1. State Taxation of Tribes and Tribal Members -- 2. State Taxation of Nonmembers -- D. Tribal Taxation -- E. Federal Regulation in Indian Country -- F. State Regulation in Indian Country -- G. Tribal Regulation -- Chapter 10. Indian Gaming -- A. Introduction -- B. California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians -- C. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 -- 1. The Act -- 2. "Indian Lands" -- 3. Compacts and Seminole Tribe -- 4. Class II and Class III Gaming -- 5. Enforcement -- 6. Management Contracts -- Chapter 11. Individual Rights and Indian Law -- A. Rights of Indians -- 1. Indians and the Federal Government -- 2. Indian Citizenship -- 3. Indians and the State Governments -- 4. Indians and the Tribes -- a. The Constitution and the Tribes -- b. The Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 -- B. Rights of Non-Indians -- Chapter 12. Indian Lands -- A. Introduction -- B. Aboriginal Title -- C. The Eastern Land Claims -- D. Recognized Title -- E. Indian Claims -- F. Indian Landholding Today -- 1. Communally Held Land -- 2. Assignments -- 3. Allotments -- 4. New Mexico Pueblos -- G. Leasing of Indian Lands -- Chapter 13. Alaska Natives -- A. Introduction -- B. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) -- C. Governmental Status of Native Organizations -- 1. Federal Trust Relationship -- 2. Indian Country -- 3. Tribal Self-Government -- D. Hunting and Fishing -- Chapter 14. Indian Water Rights -- A. The Appropriative System of Water Rights -- B. Indian Water Rights: The Winters Doctrine -- C. Winters Rights in Allotted Land -- D. Lease or Sale of Winters Rights -- E. Winters Rights as Property -- F. Jurisdiction to Adjudicate Water Rights -- Chapter 15. Indian Hunting and Fishing Rights -- A. Introduction -- B. Basic Indian Hunting and Fishing Rights. ; C. Indian Rights and State Conservation -- The Washington Fishing Cases -- D. The Alternative of Federal Regulation -- The Great Lakes -- E. Non-Indian Hunting and Fishing in Indian Country -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This comprehensive guide for students, practitioners, and professors delivers a succinct summary of American Indian law with supporting citations.
• Titolo autorizzato: American Indian law in a nutshell
• ISBN: 1-63459-287-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910149445603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Nutshell series.