American Indian Law
Topics include federal/tribal relations, state/tribal relations, tribal jurisdiction and authority, and business law.
Cecilia Cheng and Theodore T. Lee | March 26, 2018 | American Indian Law
Under the Hatch-Waxman and America Invents Acts, Congress has established a system for judicial and administrative review of prescription-drug patents that balances exclusive rights for patent holders and the entry of generic competitors. Threatening this balance, the...
Kaighn Smith, Jr. | March 12, 2018 | American Indian Law
Reporter Kaighn Smith Jr. discusses the complex topic of Tribal Entities and Sovereign Immunity in the video below. Project Feature: American Indian Law – Tribal Entities and Sovereign Immunity from The American Law Institute on Vimeo. SHARE Tags: Sovereign...
Wenona T. Singel and Matthew L.M. Fletcher | March 6, 2018 | American Indian Law
Reporters Matthew Fletcher and Wenona Singel discuss Tribal Sovereignty in the video below. Project Feature: American Indian Law – Tribal Sovereignty from The American Law Institute on Vimeo. SHARE Tags: Tribal Sovereignty ALI Staff The American Law...
Michalyn Steele | February 28, 2018 | American Indian Law
The doctrine of inherent tribal sovereignty — that tribes retain aboriginal sovereign governing power over people and territory — is under perpetual assault. Despite two centuries of precedential foundation, the doctrine must be defended afresh with each attack....
Kaitlyn Schaeffer | February 8, 2018 | American Indian Law
Introduction Native Americans, like other minority groups, face racially motivated disenfranchisement efforts. Watershed victories for equal access to the ballot – including the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment and the Nineteenth Amendment – did not affect Native...
Alexander T. Skibine | December 12, 2017 | American Indian Law
Since 1831, Indian nations have been viewed as Domestic Dependent Nations located within the geographical boundaries of the United States. Although Chief Justice John Marshall acknowledged that Indian nations had a certain amount of sovereignty, the exact extent of...
