In South Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, the Florida Supreme Court exercised its all writs jurisdiction, provided by the Florida Constitution, and took jurisdiction of two cases pending before the Third District.  The issues in the case as state ...

My people were entirely Nordic, which is to say they were idiots. Every wrong idea which has ever been expounded was theirs. Never once had they opened the door that leads to the soul; never once did they dream of taking a blind leap into the dark. --Henry Miller (1891–1980), Tropic of Caprico ...

This site has commented previously on cultural issues arising from the blockbuster film Twilight and its recent sequel New Moon. This week the New York Times features commentary by Angela R. Riley regarding the economic impact of the film and book series on the Quileute Nation, whose members are por ...

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Ensayamos un género infrecuente(*) la crítica crítica de obras jurídicas. Dividido en tres partes, con abundancia de aclaraciones culposas.Por qué un escrutinio estrictoLas credenciales académicas del autor (profesor titular de derecho constitucional en la UBA), el formato y la extensión de la obra ...

Here is the list of new titles the Law Library acquired in January 2010: Law Library Acquisitions.pdf The list is also available on the Library's home page. In addition, here are a few highlighted titles of particular interest: Austin, Raymond Darrel. Navajo courts and Navajo common law : a trad ...

First we had the congressional hearing at which Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair gave details of information Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (aka Private Underpants) has given to the FBI during debriefing sessions. He also explained that it's acceptable policy for the U.S. to target ...

Native American Finance Officers Association Conference Call Series “Indian Country Financing at a Crossroads” A Primer to NAFOA’s Next Decade Finance Conference Wednesday, February 10 – 10:00AM Pacific / 1:00PM Eastern Dial-In Number: (800) 965–6503 Conference ...

People have wondered what politics will be like after Citizens United, and in particular (1) whether large business corporations will start spending a lot of money speaking out in favor or against candidates for office and (2) how much corporate and union spending for or against candidates will incr ...

The Washington Legal Foundation has just released an interesting paper by Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe, co-authored with HLS student Joshua D. Branson and Shook, Hardy & Bacon attorney Tristan L. Duncan, arguing that public nuisance lawsuits against utilities for their alleged contributi ...