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Pommersheim, Frank.

Broken landscape Indians, Indian tribes, and the constitution / [electronic resource] : Frank Pommersheim. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - x, 414 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-405) 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 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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.






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.


Electronic books.

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