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Title: American Indian Law in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)
ISBN: 0314146407
Author:
William C. Canby Jr.
Publicate Date: 2004-02
Publish: 2004-02
List Price: $30.00
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Excellent introduction or study resource
I took a course in Federal Indian Law in my 3L year and found this book to be an excellent resource and study tool. It summarized the law nicely and pointed out emerging and unresolved issues in Indian law. It is good at giving both a basic understanding and helping you to think through more sophisticated problems in Indian law. It was indispensable for studying for my final and was very useful as a quick reference while writing a paper on Indian law when I needed to figure out the names of cases that created particular rules or to check whether a case existed that was on point to what I was discussing.
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2: The Best Place to Start to Understand Indian Law
Although I understand the earlier reviewer's concern regarding anti-discrimination law and how miserable law school can be, I have found this book to be the best possible introduction to Indian Law. My law school offered no Indian Law class, and wanting to learn more after I read about the Cobell case, I needed a concise book. Canby has done a wonderful job. His historical introduction is a quick and engrossing read, and the other chapters in the book are equally clear and concise. I owe him much, given that I wrote two papers on Indian Law in law school and quoted extensively from him. Yes, Indian Law is a complex field where tribal sovereignty and the government's trust responsibility often collide and where concepts of jurisdiction and property are seriously muddled, but Canby gives you just what you need to get your legs under you, understand the basic concepts, and know where to begin to research from there.
If the Indian Law bug bites you after reading this book, which it likely will, then you can move on to the 2005 edition of Felix Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law or the 2005 Clinton, Goldberg and Tsosie American Indian Law manual - and spend the big bucks!
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3: Don't sleep on this subject: It ain't easy!
I took Indian Law 7 years ago. I'm hoping this book corresponds to the Notes in a Nutsell for Felix Cohen's text. Indian Law didn't have those highly useful cliff notes on tape. It didn't have those cards with the questions on the front and the answers on the back either. So I needed this Notes in a Nutshell in order to survive. It was essential for writing an outline for the final. Indian law is no cute little topic. The rules that the US has used to jerk Native Americans and their tribes over are not easy to understand. This borrowed much from difficult subjects like civil procedure and property, rather than anti-discrimination law. If you choose to take this class, you will need this book in order to survive it. Then again, I'm a person who hated all aspects of law school, including the subjects that sounded like they'd be interesting.
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4: good book from a wise justice
I had the rare pleasure of studiying this nutshell ( among many dreary ones in law school ) under Justice Canby at the anual human rights convention in Staousbourge in the early 90's.
Of all the nutshells I crammed for those last examns this was the clearest ( though most were very good. ) This once was actually better then most, but I detract one start in recognition of the fact that he was an amazingly charismatic speaker how could have made poor work seem better than it was, than anytime you have someone explaining what they meent it makes things clearer ( and also in rocognition of having another "nutshell" writer prof who sucked).
this Nutshell is well laid out, comprehanesive and interesting. Unlike some of the emanuale ourlines, it presents things in such a was as to encourage natureal reading and understading. I recommend it.
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5: Great book
I took an elective in Native American Law at Whittier Law School in Summer 2001. This Nutshell book was the reading for the first day of class and we used a case book for the rest of the classes. I found Judge Canby's writing style very readable and understandable. I used the table of contents for a study outline and the civil and criminal jurisdiction tables were helpful at exam time.
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