Tribal Constitutionalism
States, Tribes, and the Governance of Membership
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20032266 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kirsty Gover, Gover Kirsty (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Pages | 276 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Tribal constitutionalism (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199587094.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4246421226 |
| Open Library | OL24826827M |
| ISBN | 9780199587094 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
In settler societies, tribal self-governance creates a legal distinction between indigeneity (defined by settler governments) and tribal membership (defined by tribes). Many legally indigenous persons are not tribal members, and some tribal members are not legally indigenous. This book considers the membership rules included in the constitutions and membership codes of nearly 750 recognized tribes in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. It addresses the first-order question of tribal constitutionalism: who are the members of tribes, and how are they chosen? The question is of practical and theoretical import. A large proportion of indigenous peoples in each state are not enrolled in a recognized tribe, and the majority of indigenous peoples do not live near their tribal territories. The book's empirical study challenges many of the assumptions used to model tribalism in theories of cultural pluralism, especially those that depict tribes as distinctively insular, ascriptive, and territorially-confined. The book shows that while they are descent-based groups, tribes also self-constitute relationally, by enrolling non-descendants in accordance with cultural and social criteria, and by recruiting from other indigenous communities. The book draws on tribal law and practice, political theory, legal doctrine, policy, and demographic data to critically assess the strategies used by tribes and states to manage the jurisdictional and ideological challenges of tribal membership governance
Comparative law · Constitutionalism · Corporate governance · Democracy · Ideology · Indigenous · Legal pluralism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Tribalism · Tribe · Canadian Identity and History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Constitutional law · Indigenous peoples · Indigenous peoples, legal status, laws, etc · law and legislation · Legal status, laws · politics and government · Tribal government · Tribes
The Blood Line
The Consequences of Swedish National Law on Sámi Self-Constitution—The Shift from a Relational Understanding of Who Is Sámi Toward a Rights-Based Understanding
What’s at stake? Determining indigeneity in the era of DIY DNA
Native American reservation constitutions
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and multinational federalism in Australia
Pursuing Legal Pluralism
Measuring institutional variation across American Indian constitutions using automated content analysis
Terminus Amnesia
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2021 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |