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Full-Text Articles in Law
Taking Stock: Open Questions And Unfinished Business Under The Vawa Amendments To The Indian Civil Rights Act, Jordan Gross
Taking Stock: Open Questions And Unfinished Business Under The Vawa Amendments To The Indian Civil Rights Act, Jordan Gross
Faculty Law Review Articles
The primary statutory tool for federal regulation of Tribal court criminal procedure is the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 (ICRA). ICRA replicated most of the procedural protections in the Bill of Rights applicable to the States, as then interpreted by the Supreme Court. ICRA also sets out procedures Tribes must extend to criminal defendants in their courts, caps their sentencing authority, and defines their criminal jurisdiction.
Some parts of Indian country are the most dangerous places in the United States today, particularly for indigenous women and girls. They are exposed to a higher level of personal violence than any …
American Legion V. American Humanist Association, Seth T. Bonilla
American Legion V. American Humanist Association, Seth T. Bonilla
Public Land & Resources Law Review
The separation of church and state is a key element of American democracy, but its interpretation has been challenged as the country grows more diverse. In American Legion v. American Humanist Association, the Supreme Court adopted a new standard to analyze whether a religious symbol on public land maintained by public funding violated the Constitution’s Establishment Clause.
The Traffic Of Native American Women, Nasrin M. Chaudhry
The Traffic Of Native American Women, Nasrin M. Chaudhry
Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts
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Which Came First, People Or Pollution? A Review Of Theory And Evidence From Longitudinal Environmental Justice Studies, Paul Mohai, Robin Saha
Which Came First, People Or Pollution? A Review Of Theory And Evidence From Longitudinal Environmental Justice Studies, Paul Mohai, Robin Saha
Environmental Studies Faculty Publications
A considerable number of quantitative analyses have been conducted in the past several decades that demonstrate the existence of racial and socioeconomic disparities in the distribution of a wide variety of environmental hazards. The vast majority of these have been cross-sectional, snapshot studies employing data on hazardous facilities and population characteristics at only one point in time. Although some limited hypotheses can be tested with cross-sectional data, fully understanding how present-day disparities come about requires longitudinal analyses that examine the demographic characteristics of sites at the time of facility siting and track demographic changes after siting. Relatively few such studies …
Overreaction Then (Korematsu) And Now (The Detainee Cases), Fritz Snyder
Overreaction Then (Korematsu) And Now (The Detainee Cases), Fritz Snyder
Faculty Journal Articles & Other Writings
In light of the "detainee cases," this article uses Korematsu v. U.S. as a case study in how things can go grievously wrong when the government overreacts to the threat of terrorism and individual rights disappear.
Aclu Legal Director To Pay Rare Visit To Our State, Jeffrey T. Renz
Aclu Legal Director To Pay Rare Visit To Our State, Jeffrey T. Renz
Faculty Journal Articles & Other Writings
In this article the author introduces Steve Shapiro, legal director of the ACLU, prior to his appearance as keynote speaker at the Montana ACLU annual meeting in February 2008.
Prisoner's Rights -- Failure To Provide Adequate Law Libraries Denies Inmates' Right Of Access To The Courts, Irma S. Russell
Prisoner's Rights -- Failure To Provide Adequate Law Libraries Denies Inmates' Right Of Access To The Courts, Irma S. Russell
Faculty Law Review Articles
This article examines the Supreme Court's decision in Bounds v. Smith and the movement toward recognition of the rights that prisoners retain after incarceration.
Part I outlines the nature and legal foundation of the right of access to the courts as endorsed by Bounds. Part II examines questions raised by the dissenting opinions concerning the scope and validity of the right. Part III addresses the practical implication of the decision and concludes that the right of state and federal prisoners to access legal information in preparing legal papers stands on firmer ground after this decision.