Concluding Remarks: Miyo-Wîcêhtowin, R V Stanley, And Our Future As Lawyers,
2020
Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Concluding Remarks: Miyo-Wîcêhtowin, R V Stanley, And Our Future As Lawyers, Signa A. Daum Shanks
Articles & Book Chapters
Miyo-wîcêhtowin. It is a term I have learned to express the idea of good behaviour; responsibility to others; and not forgetting those who are the most forgotten, the most in need of help, those whose ways we most benefit from. It is Cree, but its nature and scope is not necessarily unique to Cree circles. It is reinforced by religious references, standards for professional certification and volunteer groups, and personal choices. It is also woven into Canada’s legal system, whether in judicial decisions or in academic or professional discussions. So while we can see it when appreciating cultural tenets or …
Shared Indigenous And Crown Sovereignty: Modifying The State Model,
2020
Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Shared Indigenous And Crown Sovereignty: Modifying The State Model, Kent Mcneil
Articles & Book Chapters
When European nations colonized North America, their dealings with one another were based on the state model of territorial sovereignty. At the same time, they acknowledged the independence of the Indigenous nations and entered into nation-to-nation treaties with them, whereby sovereignty was to be shared. Consequently, the Westphalian concept of absolute state sovereignty has never applied in North America. While the European nations acquired sovereignty vis-à-vis one another in the international law system that they created, the Indigenous nations retained internal sovereignty and the right to continue governing themselves. This modified concept of state sovereignty has been acknowledged by the …
Scaling Commercial Law In Indian Country,
2020
Southern University Law Center
Scaling Commercial Law In Indian Country, Marc Lane Roark
Texas A&M Law Review
How do you drive economic enterprise in a financial desert? Indian tribes, academics, economists, and policy makers have considered the means and methods for energizing economic growth for forty years. Efforts such as the creation and promotion of the Model Tribal Secured Transactions Act (“MTSTA”) promise much toward creating conditions that would gather financial opportunity to tribal regions that experience poverty at a strikingly higher rate than any other place in the United States. And yet, while the law has been available for more than ten years, tribes have been reticent to adopt it. This Article fills the vacuum in …
Tribalism And Democracy,
2020
William & Mary Law School
Tribalism And Democracy, Seth Davis
William & Mary Law Review
Americans have long talked about “tribalism” as a way of talking about their democracy. In recent years, for example, commentators have pointed to “political tribalism” as what ails American democracy. According to this commentary, tribalism is incompatible with democracy. Some commentators have cited Indian Tribes as evidence to support this incompatibility thesis, and the thesis has surfaced within federal Indian law and policy in various guises up to the present day with disastrous consequences for Indian Tribes. Yet much of the talk about tribalism and democracy—within federal Indian law, and also without it—has had little to do with actual tribes. …
Dispute Settlement Under The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement: A Preliminary Assessment,
2020
Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law
Dispute Settlement Under The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement: A Preliminary Assessment, Olabisi D. Akinkugbe
Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) will add a new dispute settlement system to the plethora of judicial mechanisms designed to resolve trade disputes in Africa. Against the discontent of Member States and limited impact the existing highly legalized trade dispute settlement mechanisms have had on regional economic integration in Africa, this paper undertakes a preliminary assessment of the AfCFTA Dispute Settlement Mechanism (DSM). In particular, the paper situates the AfCFTA-DSM in the overall discontent and unsupportive practices of African States with highly legalized dispute settlement systems and similar WTO-Styled DSMs among other shortcomings. Notwithstanding the transplantation of …
Enough Is As Good As A Feast,
2020
Seattle University School of Law
Enough Is As Good As A Feast, Noah C. Chauvin
Seattle University Law Review
Ipse Dixit, the podcast on legal scholarship, provides a valuable service to the legal community and particularly to the legal academy. The podcast’s hosts skillfully interview guests about their legal and law-related scholarship, helping those guests communicate their ideas clearly and concisely. In this review essay, I argue that Ipse Dixit has made a major contribution to legal scholarship by demonstrating in its interview episodes that law review articles are neither the only nor the best way of communicating scholarly ideas. This contribution should be considered “scholarship,” because one of the primary goals of scholarship is to communicate new ideas.
The Tribal Right To Exclude Non-Tribal Members From Indian-Owned Lands,
2020
University of Utah, SJ Quinney College of Law
The Tribal Right To Exclude Non-Tribal Members From Indian-Owned Lands, Alexander Tallchief Skibine
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
In 1981, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Montana v. United States, severely restricting the ability of Indian Tribes to assume civil regulatory and adjudicatory jurisdiction over non-tribal members for activities taking place on non-Indian lands within Indian reservations. The Court in Montana stated that “it could readily agree” with the Court of Appeals’ holding that the tribe could regulate the conduct of non-member on tribal lands. Yet, twenty years later, the Court issued its opinion in Nevada v. Hicks holding that in certain circumstances, the jurisdiction of Indian tribes could also be limited even if the activities of …
Textualism’S Gaze,
2020
Michigan State University College of Law
Textualism’S Gaze, Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Michigan Journal of Race and Law
This Article attempts to address why textualism distorts the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence in Indian law. I start with describing textualism in federal public law. I focus on textualism as described by Justice Scalia, as well as Scalia’s justification for textualism and discussion about the role of the judiciary in interpreting texts. The Court is often subject to challenges to its legitimacy rooted in its role as legal interpreter that textualism is designed to combat.
A Colonial Castle: Defence Of Property In R V Stanley,
2020
Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
A Colonial Castle: Defence Of Property In R V Stanley, Alexandra Flynn, Estair Van Wagner
Articles & Book Chapters
In 2016, Gerald Stanley shot 22-year-old Colten Boushie in the back of the head after Boushie and his friends entered Stanley’s farm. Boushie died instantly. Stanley relied on a hangfire defence, rooted in the defence of accident, and was found not guilty by an all-white jury. Throughout the trial, Stanley invoked concerns about trespass and rural crime (particularly property crime) that raised much evidence of limited relevance to whether or not the shooting was an accident. We argue that the assertions of trespass, without formerly raising the defence of property or trespass, shaped the trial by providing a racist, anti-Indigenous-tinged …
Mcgirt V. Oklahoma,
2020
Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Mcgirt V. Oklahoma, Allison Barnwell
Public Land & Resources Law Review
The United States Supreme Court ruled that large areas of Oklahoma, including much of the City of Tulsa, are reservation land. The case arose from an Oklahoma state court’s conviction of Jimcy McGirt on several criminal offenses. Mr. McGirt argued the State of Oklahoma lacked jurisdiction to prosecute because he was an enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and committed his crimes on the Creek Reservation. Under the Major Crimes Act, only the federal government has the power to try tribal members for crimes committed on reservation lands. In a five to four decision, the Court held that …
Table Of Contents,
2020
Seattle University School of Law
Table Of Contents, Seattle University Law Review
Seattle University Law Review
Table of Contents
Truth, Reconciliation, And The Cost Of Adversarial Justice,
2020
Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Truth, Reconciliation, And The Cost Of Adversarial Justice, Trevor C. W. Farrow
Articles & Book Chapters
That Indigenous people in Canada were victimized for well over a century by the residential schools system for Aboriginal children is not in question. The system, which amounted to an “assault on child and culture,” was designed to “kill the Indian in the child.” Whether the legal system – purporting to provide some form of compensation in the context of claims by survivors and their families – has provided justice is a much more open question. The costs – financial, social, health, time, and so on – associated with pursuing the resolution of residential schools claims through the justice system …
Litigating For The Homeland: An Indian Treaty Framework To Climate Litigation In The Wake Of Juliana,
2020
University of Michigan Law School
Litigating For The Homeland: An Indian Treaty Framework To Climate Litigation In The Wake Of Juliana, Evan Neustater
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law
Climate change is an increasingly pressing issue on the world stage. The federal government, however, has largely declined to address any problems stemming from the effects of climate change, and litigation attempting to force the federal government to take action, as highlighted by Juliana v. United States, has largely failed. This Note presents the case for a class of plaintiffs more likely to succeed than youth plaintiffs in Juliana—federally recognized Indian tribes. Treaties between the United States and Indian nations are independent substantive sources of law that create enforceable obligations on the federal government. The United States maintains a …
Indigenous Constitutionalism And Dispute Resolution Outside The Courts: An Invitation,
2020
Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Indigenous Constitutionalism And Dispute Resolution Outside The Courts: An Invitation, Karen Drake
Articles & Book Chapters
The Supreme Court of Canada's jurisprudence on constitutionally protected Aboriginal rights filters Indigenous laws through the lens of liberal constitutionalism, resulting in distortions of Indigenous law. To overcome this constitutional capture, this article advocates for an institution that facilitates dispute resolution between Canadian governments and Indigenous peoples grounded in Indigenous constitutionalism. To avoid a pan-Indigenous approach, this article focuses on Anishinaabe constitutionalism as one example of Indigenous constitutionalism. It highlights points of contrast between Anishinaabe constitutionalism's and liberalism's foundational norms and dispute resolution procedures. This article argues that a hybrid institution—combining features of both liberalism and Indigenous constitutionalism—would merely reproduce …
The Great Debate,
2020
University of Montana
The Great Debate, Dorothy Bradley
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
Polly Holmes: When The Smoke Began To Clear,
2020
University of Montana
Polly Holmes: When The Smoke Began To Clear, Hal Harper, Krys Holmes
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
If You're Old Enough To Fight, You're Old Enough To Vote,
2020
University of Montana
If You're Old Enough To Fight, You're Old Enough To Vote, Bob Brown
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
Montana's Need For Change: A Historical Context For "To Make A Better Place.",
2020
University of Montana
Montana's Need For Change: A Historical Context For "To Make A Better Place.", Evan D. Barrett
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
Earth Day 1970,
2020
University of Montana
Earth Day 1970, Dorothy Bradley
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
Alice Creek — 1970 Montana Confronts The Copper Giant,
2020
University of Montana
Alice Creek — 1970 Montana Confronts The Copper Giant, James D. Moore
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
