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Author Pommersheim, Frank.

Title Broken landscape [electronic resource] : Indians, Indian tribes, and the constitution / Frank Pommersheim.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 414 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-405) and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780195373066 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0195373065 (hbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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