The Assassination of Mummar Gaddafi illegal under International Law by Lloyd Msipa on 10/21/2011 The Assassination of Mummar Gaddafi illegal under International Law On the 18th of October, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Tripoli, Libya. She stated in unusually blunt terms that she would like...more
Marzulla Law Legal Report - June 23, 2011 by Nancie G. Marzulla on 6/29/2011 In This Issue: Restoring Dignity to the Members of the Quapaw (O-Gah-Pah) Tribe of Oklahoma A Brief History For over four centuries the original inhabitants of the region where the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers...more
President Aquino as Cotabato Water Hyacinth Remover by Rey Cartojano on 6/25/2011 It was equally dismaying to listen to Cotabato City and Maguindanao Province local officials this week saying they were dismayed at Pnoy not bringing any solution or vision to the water hyacinth or water lily problem that...more
Pine Ridge, Whiteclay and Indian Liquor Law by James Hughes on 12/13/2010 This brief article summarizes the history of the Pine Ridge Lakota Sioux Reservation in South Dakota and its legal and social struggles with alcohol. Federal law and Tribal law ban possession and sale of alcohol on Pine...more
MDC-T spools Dhlodlos and Madanhires as electoral defeat looms by Lloyd Msipa on 11/24/2010 Zimbabwean Politics is dynamic as Zimbabweans at home and abroad have come to appreciate. The return of ZAPU into the epicentre of the Zimbabwean body politic has not only upset those that thought they had everything in the...more
ZAPU- Life from the belly of the beast by Lloyd Msipa on 9/29/2010 Jonah is the name given in the bible to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel, about the 8th century BC. In the book of Jonah, he is ordered by God to go the city of Nineveh to prophesy against their wickedness that was...more
United States v. Tohono O'odham Nation Brief of the National Association of Home Builders as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Respondent by Robert Thomas on 9/3/2010 For more than a century, the federal government has held substantial funds and 2.9 million acres of land in Arizona in trust for the Tohono O'odham Nation. In United States v. Tohono O'odham Nation, No. 09-846 (cert. granted...more
Lloyd Msipa's pubic profile by Lloyd Msipa on 8/17/2010 Lloyd Msipa is a Zimbabwean Lawyer and aspiring Zimbabwean Politician. He was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. His father was a ZAPU politician in Zimbabwe who died weeks before the merge between ZAPU PF and ZANU PF in December...more
Native Americans Entitled to $239,620 in Fees By Confering a Public Benefit by Barger & Wolen on 8/16/2010 An environmental group and a band of Native Americans successfully challenged various aspects of a solid waste facility landfill project in San Diego County. The Fourth Appellate District held that the claimants were entitled...more
California Lawyer’s analysis of Indian Law, Tribal Law and Native American Law by Sebastian Gibson on 11/17/2009 Perhaps there is no area of law in California where there are so few knowledgeable attorneys than in the area of Tribal Law and Native American Law. Perhaps in no area of law are there so few resources for lawyers to even...more
Court Precedent Determining the Limits of Tribal Sovereignty in Agua Claiente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Fair Political Practices... by James Berlyn Fenison Jr. on 9/3/2009 The Los Angeles Times reported (July 17, 2008) that on June 29th, the Agua Caliente Band dropped its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court against California State and the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) after the FPPC...more
People of the State of Michigan v. Robert Allen Rouse AMMENDMENT TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO SUPPRESS, SET FOR HEARING 11/20/09: SUMMARY OF FACTS BASED ON PRELIMINARY by Areg Sarkissian on 8/5/2009 Motion filed with the Michigan State Court....more
State of Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs Brief Amicus Curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, the Cato Institute, and the Center for Equal Opportunity in Support of... by Robert Thomas on 12/11/2008 ...more
Yucca Mountain Project: federal, state and tribal struggles for sovereignty by Charla Lenz on 5/1/2008 Millions fight to save Nevada's people and land from nuclear waste. The Yucca Mountain Project has gone from bad to ugly, and now involves a number of law suits involving federal, state and tribal sovereignty over Yucca...more
Crisis, Coroneles & Constitucionalismo: A Study of the Quality of Democracy in Ecuador by Amy L. Becerra, Esq. on 3/30/2000 Presents an analysis of the quality of Ecuadorian democracy. Examines the political and cultural background of Ecuador’s constitutional history, including the role of military intervention and the increasing influence of...more