Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This article explores the continuing legal relationship between American Indians and the federal government of the United States. Namely, the battle over controlling internal tribal affairs. The history of that relationship has developed out of tensions over two doctrines the "plenary" power doctrine and the "trust" doctrine. The author reviews the possibility of expanding the scope of the trust doctrine based upon the application of a Social Contract Theory. Finally, the implications of such a theory are also discussed.
First Page
115
Last Page
155
Publication Date
11-1-1997
Department
Other
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Aitken, Janice
(1997)
"The Trust Doctrine in Federal Indian Law: A Look at Its Development and How Its Analysis Under Social Contract Theory Might Expand Its Scope,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 18:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
Suggested Citation
Janice Aitken, The Trust Doctrine in Federal Indian Law: A Look at Its Development and How Its Analysis Under Social Contract Theory Might Expand Its Scope, 18 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 115 (1997).
