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American Indian Law and Literature: Day Two

October 20, 2007

American Indian Law and Literature
Fourth Annual Indigenous Law Conference
Michigan State University College of Law
October 18 & 20, 2007

9:00-10:30 a.m.   Raymond Kiogima, Larry Plamondon, Hon. JoAnne Gasco & Margaret Noori, “Kinship as Action:  Anishinaabe Relationships from a Linguistic Perspective”

10:45-12:15 p.m.   Bruce Duthu, “Bear Narratives:  Blending Cultural and Legal Voices in Defense of the Bear”
                                     Melissa Tatum, “The Role of Narrative in Defining Cultural Property”
                                     Kirsten Carlson, “Unresolved Disputes:  Narratives in the Transformation and Processing of Persistent Claims”

12:30-2:00 p.m.     David Carlson, The Pragmatics of Literary Nationalism
                                     Amelia Katanski, “Writing the Living Law:  American Indian Literature as Legal Narrative”
                                     Jennifer Camden & Kate Fort, “Cooper’s The Pioneers & Johnson v. M’Intosh:  Legal Fictions of 1823″
                                     Stuart Rieke & Monique Vondall-Rieke, “Perceptions of Restorative Justice:  A Winter’s Tale, A Jury of Her Peers, and Shamengwa”

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American Indian Law and Literature: Day One

October 18, 2007

American Indian Law and Literature
Fourth Annual Indigenous Law Conference
Michigan State University College of Law
October 18 & 20, 2007

9:00-10:30 a.m.  Kristen Carpenter, “The Actual State of Things”:  American Indian Legal Fictions and Truths
                                  Renee Knake, “How Lawyers Resolve Ethical Dilemmas:  A study of James Welch’s The Indian Lawyer
                                  Wenona Single, “Rebellious Judging”

10:45-12:15 p.m.  Margaret Montoya & Christine Zuni Cruz, “Narrative Braids:  Performing Racial Literacy”
                                    Larry Cata Backer, “Nostalgia Written in Blood:  The Noble Savage and Latin American Political Identity”
                                    Jo Carrillo, “Legal Culture, Communicative Circuits and Symbols”

1:30-3:00 p.m.      Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic, “Crossover”
                                    Carla Pratt, “The Construction of Indian Identity:  As an Africanless Identity in Indian Law and Literature”
                                    Frank Pommersheim, “Poetry and Law:  What Is the Relationship Exactly?”

3:15-5:00 p.m.      Gordon Henry, “Trying Skins:  Courtoom Scenes in American Indian Fiction”
                                   Matthew Fletcher, “Red Leaves and the Dirty Ground:  The Cannibalism of Law and Economics”
                                   Sonia Katyal, “Iconic Intersectionality”

7:00 p.m.                Keynote:  Chairman Frank Ettawageshik

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American Indian Law and Literature

American Indian Law and Literature
Fourth Annual Indigenous Law Conference
Michigan State University College of Law
October 18 & 20, 2007

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International Law Weekend 2007

October 27, 2007

International Law Weekend 2007 by the American Branch of the International Law Association at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York in New York, New York on October 25-27, 2007.

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International Law Weekend 2007

International Law Weekend 2007 by the American Branch of the International Law Association at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York in New York, New York on October 25-27, 2007.

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October 16, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

Chicago Law and Economics

Stefano DellaVigna (Cal-Berkeley Economics), Detecting Illegal Arms Trade

Georgetown

Heidi Li Feldman (Georgetown Law), On Certain Social Practices: Lies, Deception, and Disclosure

Harvard Law and Economics

Florencia Marotta-Wurgler (NYU Law), Are “Pay Now, Terms Later” Contracts Worse for Buyers? Evidence from Software License Agreements

Harvard Internet and Society

Oliver Goodenough (Vermont Law)

Marquette

Mark Umbreit (Minnesota Social Work), Restorative Justice and Human Rights: From the Impact of Capital Punishment on Healing of Family Survivors to Truth & Reconciliation Process in Liberia

Southwestern

Sung Hui Kim (Southwestern Law), Gatekeepers Inside Out

Stetson

Linda Jellum (Mercer Law), Which is to be Master: The Judiciary or the Legislature?

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