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European Integration Through Fundamental Rights, Jochen Abr. Frowein
European Integration Through Fundamental Rights, Jochen Abr. Frowein
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
The conception of fundamental rights as natural rights of human beings developed in European legal thinking mainly in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and also Immanuel Kant should be mentioned. But it was in the new world that the principles of fundamental human rights were first put into practice. A little more than ten years after the first American declarations, the "Declaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen" was adopted in Paris; it remains part of French constitutional law today. But, unlike the development in the United States, the French guarantees could not be enforced …
The Canons Of Indian Treaty And Statutory Construction: A Proposal For Codification, Jill De La Hunt
The Canons Of Indian Treaty And Statutory Construction: A Proposal For Codification, Jill De La Hunt
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Note argues that the canons of construction should play a central role in the interpretation of Indian treaties and statutes. The Note proposes revitalization of the canons through congressional action codifying the rules of construction into federal law. Part I traces the historical development of the canons to further the federal-Indian trust relationship. Part II analyzes recent Supreme Court decisions that demonstrate decreased use of the canons. Part III argues that strong canons of construction are necessary to the development of self-determining Indian tribes and proposes federal legislation to ensure the continued vitality and importance of the canons of …