Stephen L Pevar

The Rights of Indians and Tribes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Rights of Indians and Tribes, 4th Edition addresses the most significant legal issues facing Indians and Indian tribes, including the regulation of non-Indians on reservations, definitions of important legal terms, Indian treaties, the Indian Civil Rights Act, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 716g
• ISBN-13: 9780199795352
• ISBN-10: 0199795355
• Artikelnr.: 34157235

Autorenporträt

Stephen L. Pevar is an adjunct professor at NYU Law School, teaching American Indian Law. He is a senior staff counsel of the American Civil Liberties Union. Mr. Pevar worked for Legal Services on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation from 1971-1974, and taught Federal Indian Law at the University of Denver School of Law from 1983-1999. He has litigated numerous Indian rights cases and has lectured extensively on the subject.

Inhaltsangabe

* INTRODUCTION: John Echohawk, Executive Director, Native American
Rights Fund
* Preface
* Map: Indian Reservations and Communities in the United States
* I. A History of Federal Indian Policy
* II. Definitions: Indian, Indian Tribe, Indian Country, and Indian
Title
* III. The Trust Responsibility
* IV. Indian Treaties
* V. Federal Power over Indian Affairs
* VI. Tribal Self-Government
* VII. State Power over Indian Affairs
* VIII. Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country
* IX. Civil Jurisdiction in Indian Country
* X. Taxation
* XI. Indian HUnting and Fishing Rights
* XII. Indian Water Rights
* XIII. Civil Rights of Indians
* XIV. The Indian Civil Rights Act
* XV. The Unique Status of Certain Indian Groups
* XVI. Indian Gaming
* XVII. The Indian Child Welfare Act
* XVIII. Judical Review