Great Plains Studies, Center for
Date of this Version
1995
Abstract
As a complete reference tool, however, American Indian Law Deskbook is merely adequate. While significant case law is included, it is not as thoroughly analyzed in the body of the book as one might expect. Moreover, the bibliography of non-statutory law and noncase law is significantly shallow. Another weakness is found in the first five sections. They purport to offer a summary of the evolution of federal Indian policy; legal definitions of Indian, Indian tribe, and Indian country; and criminal law and civil law regulations. These sections are very limited, briefer than the treatment accorded them in Felix Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law published in 1942. Apparently the editors assume, incorrectly, that minimal new developments have occurred in the past half-century.
Comments
Published in Great Plains Quarterly 15:3 (Summer 1995). Copyright © 1995 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.