Top 10 American Indian Law Articles by 2013 SSRN Downloads

“American Indian law” excludes a lot of great work on the Indigenous peoples of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other nations. And counting only 2013 downloads prejudices recent postings. Oh, and this count is from Dec. 20, 2013. Oh well.

‘Whatever Tribal Precedent There May Be’: The (Un)Availability of Tribal Law
Law Library Journal (Forthcoming), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1227
Bonnie J. Shucha
University of Wisconsin Law School
Date Posted: August 13, 2013
Last Revised: November 12, 2013
Accepted Paper Series
306 downloads

The Savage Constitution
Duke Law Journal, Forthcoming
Gregory Ablavsky
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Date Posted: March 09, 2013
Last Revised: April 19, 2013
Accepted Paper Series
191 downloads

Lawyering for Groups: The Case of American Indian Tribal Attorneys
Fordham Law Review, Vol. 81, No. 3085, 2013, U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-24
Kristen A. Carpenter and Eli Wald
University of Colorado Law School and University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Date Posted: April 22, 2013
Last Revised: May 01, 2013
Accepted Paper Series
188 downloads

The Vanishing Indian Returns: Tribes, Popular Originalism, and the Supreme Court
St. Louis University Law Journal, Vol. 57, No. 297, 2013, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-06
Kathryn Fort
Michigan State University – College of Law
Date Posted: March 21, 2013
Last Revised: April 27, 2013
Accepted Paper Series
123 downloads

The Jurisgenerative Moment in Indigenous Human Rights
California Law Review, Vol. 102, 2014
Kristen A. Carpenter and Angela Riley
University of Colorado Law School and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Date Posted: March 18, 2013
Last Revised: March 19, 2013
Accepted Paper Series
114 downloads

The Right to Counsel for Indians Accused of Crime: A Tribal and Congressional Imperative
Michigan Journal of Race & Law, Vol. 18, p. 317, Spring 2013
Barbara Creel
University of New Mexico School of Law
Date Posted: May 17, 2013
Accepted Paper Series
113 downloads

Hot Pursuit into Indian Country: What Are the Limits?
University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 8
Alexander Tallchief Skibine
University of Utah – S.J. Quinney College of Law
Date Posted: January 14, 2013
Last Revised: March 26, 2013
Working Paper Series
108 downloads

Wolves, Lone and Pack: Ojibwe Treaty Rights and the Wisconsin Wolf Hunt
Jason Sanders
University of Wisconsin Law School
Date Posted: November 03, 2013
Working Paper Series
104 downloads

Creeping Normalcy: Fractionation of Indian Land Ownership
GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 13-28, PERC Research Paper No. 13-9
Jacob W Russ and Thomas Stratmann
George Mason University and George Mason University – Buchanan Center Political Economy
Date Posted: November 13, 2013
Last Revised: December 07, 2013
Working Paper Series
103 downloads

Examining Tribal Environmental Law
Elizabeth Ann Kronk Warner
University of Kansas – School of Law
Date Posted: September 08, 2013
Working Paper Series
101 downloads

Beyond Uniqueness: Reimagining Tribal Courts’ Jurisdiction
California Law Review, Vol. 101, December 2013, UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 350
Katherine J. Florey
University of California, Davis
Date Posted: February 27, 2013
Last Revised: August 26, 2013
Accepted Paper Series
101 downloads

Well, that’s the top 10 (well, 11 since there was a tie at 101 downloads). Here are a few that didn’t quite make the cut:

The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act at 25: Successes, Shortcomings, and Dilemmas
Alexander Tallchief Skibine
University of Utah – S.J. Quinney College of Law
Date Posted: January 14, 2013
Working Paper Series
99 downloads

Minnesota Bounties on Dakota Men During the US-Dakota War
William Mitchell Legal Studies Research Papers No. 2013-1
Colette Routel
William Mitchell College of Law
Date Posted: October 03, 2013
Working Paper Series
91 downloads

Indian Tribes and Human Rights Accountability
San Diego Law Review, Vol. 49, 2012, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-01
Wenona T. Singel
Michigan State University College of Law
Date Posted: March 30, 2013
Accepted Paper Series
91 downloads

Indian Claims and the Court of Federal Claims: A Legal Overview, Historical Accounting and Examination of the Court of Federal Claims’ and Federal Circuit’s Impact on Federal Indian Law
6 Journal of the Federal Circuit Historical Society 59 (2012)
Elizabeth Ann Kronk Warner
University of Kansas – School of Law
Date Posted: May 11, 2013
Accepted Paper Series
90 downloads

Settler Colonialism and Reclamation: Where American Indian Law and Natural Resources Law Meet
24 Colorado Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law Review (2013, Forthcoming), U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-11
Sarah Krakoff
University of Colorado Law School
Date Posted: June 26, 2013
Last Revised: July 02, 2013
Accepted Paper Series
89 downloads