ABA Section of Business Law
Business Law Today
Our mini-theme: Native America
Culture, Business and the Law
The law is a system that provides social cohesion while at the same time revealing much about our culture in a nation of many people and customs. In this issue, we celebrate the Native peoples of our nation, which include Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.
Few of us have had the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of the people who have lived for centuries in the places we now call home. The articles in this issue are written by lawyers who are part of Native communities and provide unique insight into the interplay between America's federal, state, and tribal laws.
One author grew up on a reservation, not having seen the ocean on the East or West Coast prior to earning admittance to one of the best, and most elite, undergraduate universities in the country. This author currently spends half the year near the Pacific Ocean and half the year on the reservation. Another author grew to adulthood before learning of the family's Native culture and beginning a life-altering journey of discovery, which included going through traditional rituals to be formally admitted to the tribe.
While the articles focus on legal, procedural, and business issues implicated when dealing with Native peoples or their lands, they also provide some perspective on the incredible wealth of cultures in this country that is reflected in our legal system.
--Nicole Harris
San Francisco
Culture, Business and the Law
The law is a system that provides social cohesion while at the same time revealing much about our culture in a nation of many people and customs. In this issue, we celebrate the Native peoples of our nation, which include Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.
Few of us have had the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of the people who have lived for centuries in the places we now call home. The articles in this issue are written by lawyers who are part of Native communities and provide unique insight into the interplay between America's federal, state, and tribal laws.
One author grew up on a reservation, not having seen the ocean on the East or West Coast prior to earning admittance to one of the best, and most elite, undergraduate universities in the country. This author currently spends half the year near the Pacific Ocean and half the year on the reservation. Another author grew to adulthood before learning of the family's Native culture and beginning a life-altering journey of discovery, which included going through traditional rituals to be formally admitted to the tribe.
While the articles focus on legal, procedural, and business issues implicated when dealing with Native peoples or their lands, they also provide some perspective on the incredible wealth of cultures in this country that is reflected in our legal system.
--Nicole Harris
San Francisco
Deal or no deal?
Understanding Indian Country transactions
By Gabriel S. Galanda and Anthony S. Broadman
Encouraging business with Indian tribes
A brief discussion of the tribal exhaustion doctrine
By Thomas Weathers
Tribal courts and alternative dispute resolution
Mediated settlements and arbitration awards in tribal court
By Pat Sekaquaptewa
Avoiding trouble in paradise
Understanding Hawai`i's law and indigenous culture
D. Kapua`ala Sproat
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
Lawyers' service on nonprofit boards
Managing the risks of an important community activity
By Willard L. Boyd III
Nobody looks good in orange
Keeping your client and yourself out of prison
By Mark Rankin and Thomas Kay
Avoiding successor tax liability in a sale of business assets
Protecting the purchaser's interests
By Raymond P. Carpenter Sr.
Cutting to the "document review" chase
Managing a document review in litigation and investigations
By Ashish Prasad, Kim Leffert, and Shauna Fulbright-Paxton
