Healing to Wellness Courts: Therapeutic Jurisprudence +

Article published in the Michigan State Law Review

Divorce and Real Property on American Indian Reservations: Lessons for First Nations and Canada

Four case studies of American Indian nations' treatment of matrimonial real property disputes under formal tribal law, customary law, state law, and some mixtures are presented. Derivative lessons suggest that First Nations, supported by the Government of Canada, ought to develop their own rules and adjudication mechanisms to address these disputes.Quatre études de cas sur la façon dont les nations améridiennes traitent les disputes pour les biens immobiliers matrimoniaux sous la loi tribale formelle, le droit coutumier, le droit interne et quelques mélanges sont présentés. Des leçons dérivées suggèrent que les Premières nations, appuyées par le gouvernement du Canada, devraient développer leurs propres règles et méchanismes d'adjudication pour adresser ces disputes

Strengthening and Rebuilding Tribal Justice Systems: Learning From History And Looking Towards the Future - A Participatory Process Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Justice Comprehensive Indian Resources for Community and Law Enforcement (CIRCLE) Project

In 1998, the U.S. Department of Justice initiated a partnership with three Indian nations and implemented the Comprehensive Indian Resources for Community and Law Enforcement (CIRCLE) Project. In this project, tribes were provided with incentives and opportunities that helped them consider how the individual components of their tribal justice systems might work together to strengthen their approaches to pressing crime and social problems.This paper is a project evaluation that aims to understand whether the design of CIRCLE was useful to tribes in their efforts to strengthen their justice systems; in particular, what design features seemed most helpful and why