Indian Gaming Law

SLN #: 36599
Course Prefix: LAW-720
Course Section: A1001
Credit Hours: 1
Instructor(s): Beetso
Course Books: View List of Books

Course Description:
The Indian Gaming Law course provides an overview of the laws relating to gaming enterprises owned and/or operated by Indigenous Nations. Indian Gaming, which generates over $39 billion in gross revenues annually, concerns the intersection of federal, tribal, and state laws. The course will examine the historical background behind Indian gaming and further examines the modern legal regime that governs the development of gaming enterprises in Indian country, focusing primarily on the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988. Topics that will be addressed in the course include constitutional questions surrounding the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, regulatory oversight of gaming management contracts, negotiating of tribal-state gaming compacts, legality of contributions to the state in tribal-state gaming compacts, tribal regulation of gaming, property law issues tied to gaming, and tribally-specific limitations on gaming. Students who have not already completed Federal Indian Law I before the start of the course are encouraged to secure and review before the start of class the latest edition of William Canby, Federal Indian Law in a Nutshell and/or Angelique EagleWoman and Stacy Leeds, Mastering American Indian Law.

Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible/Upper-Level Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Simulation Course: No
Experiential Learning: No
Seminar: No
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: Take-Home
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies
Teaching Method: In Person

* The law school has a policy that is used to calculate credit hours. Please see the Statement of Student Policies.