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Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law

Indian law

2012

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The Case For 'Expanding' The Abstention Doctrine To Account For The Laws And Policies Of The American Indian Tribes, Jay Kanassatega Jul 2012

The Case For 'Expanding' The Abstention Doctrine To Account For The Laws And Policies Of The American Indian Tribes, Jay Kanassatega

Jay Kanassatega

The origination and evolution of the abstention doctrine illustrates how the United States Supreme Court has created a workable balance of concurrent federal-state judicial power in circumstances where state law and state policies predominated and accommodated vital federal policy interests. Acknowledging the recent debate among scholars and commentators as to the wisdom of the abstention doctrine, this article advocates in favor of the creation of another application of the doctrine — one that acknowledges both the sovereignty of the American Indian tribes and their democratic governments and the inherent conflict arising from three sovereigns exercising concurrent jurisdiction over the same …


David Getches: A Tribute To A Leader And Scholar, Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Kristen A. Carpenter Jan 2012

David Getches: A Tribute To A Leader And Scholar, Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Kristen A. Carpenter

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