Sentencing and Cultural Differences: Banishment of the American Indian Robbers, 29 J. Marshall L. Rev. 239 (1995)
Year: 1995
Type: article
Abstract: Since the earliest years of this nation, the United States has recognized that American Indian tribes have a legal existence separate from that of non-American Indians.' 0 This special legal status granted American Indians the power of self-government."Part I will trace the historical development of the American Indians' special legal status in the United States.Specifically Part I describes the absolute sovereignty American Indians once retained and shows the gradual diminution of American Indians' special legal status in the United States. A. American Indians Possessed Absolute SovereigntyOf all the minority groups in the United States today, American Indian tribes alone possess a special legal status.12 The United States recognizes the American Indian tribes as a third sovereign, in addition to the federal and state governments.' 3 Al-8.Sangiacomo, supra note 1, at IA. 9.
Author: Stephanie J. Kim
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W755562310