Professor Pommersheim Publishes New Book, "Tribal Justice: 25 Years as a Tribal Appellate Justice"

University of South Dakota School of Law professor Frank Pommersheim has published a new book entitled Tribal Justice: 25 Years as a Tribal Appellate Justice. The work provides an in-depth review and survey of tribal appellate court jurisprudence, including jurisdiction over non-indians, enrollment and disenrollment, civil rights, elections and political participation, criminal law and procedure, rights of juveniles, tribal constitutions, and tradition and custom.  The book focuses on the procedure and substance of tribal court appellate decision making as revealed in the text of actual court opinions. A full news feature is available here on the Law School's website. 

The book includes references to a LibGuide authored by Professor Pommersheim with the assistance of the Law Library staff.  The LibGuide, available here, includes copies of tribal court opinions authored by Pommersheim, organized both by subject and by tribal court. 

Professor Pommersheim has also recently released a new poetry chapbook titled "Local Memory and Karma: The Buddha Correspondence, Vol. 2." 

The Law Library currently has both books on display on the Main Floor of the library.