Shadow nations [electronic resource] : tribal sovereignty and the limits of legal pluralism / N. Bruce Duthu.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, c2013Description: 1 online resource (xi, 234 p.).ISBN: 9780199344994 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc | Indians of North America -- Government relations | Legal polycentricity -- United States | Sovereignty
Additional Physical Form: Print version 9780199735860DDC classification: 342.730872 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This book argues for redirecting the trajectory of tribal-federal relations to better reflect the formative ethos of legal pluralism that operated in the nation's earliest years. It anticipates and redresses a number of objections - ideological, constitutional and institutional - that may impede the important work of revitalising tribal systems of self-government. Ultimately, the book suggests that we employ conventions on tribal sovereignty, a model of bilateral nation-building, as the preferred institutional architecture to accommodate the competing social, cultural and legal interests between the US native and non-native societies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book argues for redirecting the trajectory of tribal-federal relations to better reflect the formative ethos of legal pluralism that operated in the nation's earliest years. It anticipates and redresses a number of objections - ideological, constitutional and institutional - that may impede the important work of revitalising tribal systems of self-government. Ultimately, the book suggests that we employ conventions on tribal sovereignty, a model of bilateral nation-building, as the preferred institutional architecture to accommodate the competing social, cultural and legal interests between the US native and non-native societies.
Description based on print version record.