American Indians, time, and the law : native societies in a modern constitutional democracy / Charles F. Wilkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilkinson, Charles F., 1941-2023.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Supreme Court--History.

United States.

United States. Supreme Court.

États-Unis--Supreme Court--Histoire.

Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.

History.

Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc--History.

Indians of North America.

Indiens d'Amérique--Droit--États-Unis--Histoire.

Local Subjects:

États-Unis--Supreme Court--Histoire.

Indiens d'Amérique--Droit--États-Unis--Histoire.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 225 pages ; 22 cm

regular print

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [1987]

Summary:

"In 1959, the Supreme Court ushered in a new era of Indian law, which recognizes Indian tribes as permanent governments within the federal constitutional system and, on the whole, honors old promises to the Indians. Drawing together historical sources such as the records of treaty negotiations with the Indians, classic political theory on the nature of sovereignty, and anthropological studies of societal change, Wilkinson evaluates the Court's work in Indian law over the past twenty five years and considers the effects of time on law."--Back cov.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

1. The challenge of the modern era

The field of indian law: barriers to unitary doctrine

Setting rights within the reservations: the laws of the nineteenth century

Indian law at the beginning of the modern era

2. Insulation against time

Protection against de facto termination

Protection against encroachment due to nonuser

Protection against modern statutes

3. The elevation of tribalism

The nomenclature of sovereignty

Unity of recognition

The right to change

The permanency of tribal existence

The higher sovereign

4. Territorial jurisprudence

Unity of territory

The tribes, the states, and the constitution

The nexus with legitimate tribal interests

Majority within a minority: the quandary of political representation

Conclusion

Appendix. Supreme Court cases during the modern era, 1959-1986

Notes

Index.

Notes:

"Supreme Court cases in Indian law during the modern era": pages 123-132.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-219) and index.

ISBN:

0300035896

9780300035896

0300041365

9780300041361

OCLC:

13455957