Federal Indian Law I

4 or 6 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

Lecture, three to four hours. Overview of federal Indian law, including nature and history of tribal federal legal and political relationship; basic legal definitions within federal Indian law (such as what is Indian country); equal protection issues posed by federal Indian legislation; canons of construction unique to Indian law; tribal sovereignty and its protection; basic questions of federal and state authority within Indian country; and tribal, federal, and state jurisdiction in Indian country according to default rules as well as special statutory regimes. May be concurrently scheduled with Law 267. S/U or letter grading.