This series contains articles, book chapters, and other publications authored or co-authored by current and emeritus faculty of the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law. To browse content by author, use the links below:
Roger Baron | Gregory Brazeal | David Day | Neil Fulton | Patrick M. Garry | Thomas Geu | Randall Gingiss | Alex Hagen | Hannah Haksgaard | Wendy Hess | Thomas J. Horton | Christine Hutton | Sarah Kammer | Sean Kammer | George Mader | Allen Madison | Shirley Mays | Michael McKey | Robert Miller | Tyler Moore | Tamara Nash | Jo Pasqualucci | Frank Pommersheim | Laura Rose | Chris Schmidt | Thomas Simmons | Charles Thatcher | Marilyn Trefz | Jonathan Van Patten | Barry Vickrey
Submissions from 2003
The Proposed Model Inter-Entity Transaction Act: A Proposal to Rationalize Changes in Forms of Business Organizations, Thomas Geu and Robert Keatinge
The Albright Decision - Why an SMLLC is not an Appropriate Asset Protection Vehicle, Thomas Geu and Thomas Rutledge
The Tension Between Textualism and Substance-Over-Form Doctrines in Tax Law, Allen Madison
THE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, Jo Pasqualucci
Indian Tribal Courts, Frank Pommersheim
Lara: A Constitutional Crisis in Indian Law?, Frank Pommersheim
A Review of South Dakota Criminal Justice: A Study of Racial Disparities by Richard Braunstein and Steve Feimer, Frank Pommersheim and Elsie Meeks
Are We Gatekeepers?, Barry Vickrey
Submissions from 2002
New Dimensions of the Section 5 Enforcement Power, David Day
Wielding Ockham’s Knitting Needles, Neil Fulton
Expectations for the Twenty-First Century: An Overview of the New Limited Partnership Act, Thomas Geu and Barry Nekritz
Flaws in Capital Sentencing: Skewing the Reasoned Moral Response, Christine Hutton
South Dakota Criminal Law and Procedure Review 1996-2001 (Cumm. Supp. II), Christine Hutton
The Advisory Practice and Procedure of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights:Contributing to the Evolution of International Human Rights Law, Jo Pasqualucci
Deadliest Enemies: Law and the Making of Race Relations on and off Rosebud Reservation by Thomas Biolsi (Book Review), Frank Pommersheim
HAIKU FOR THE BIRDS, Frank Pommersheim
Is There a Little (or Not so Little) Constitutional Crisis Developing in Indian Law?, Frank Pommersheim
Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock: A Little Haiku Essay on a Missed Constitutional Moment, Frank Pommersheim
Looking Forward and Looking Back: The Promise and Potential of a Sioux Nation Judicial Support Center and Sioux Nation Supreme Court, Frank Pommersheim
Panel II: Natural Resources, Economics, and the Environment: Global Issues Facing Native Communities [Panel Discussion], Frank Pommersheim
Toward a Great Sioux Nation Judicial Support Center and Supreme Court: An Interim Planning and Recommendation Report for the Wakpa Sica Historical Society’s Reconciliation Place Project, Frank Pommersheim and John LaVelle
South Dakota’s Disability Discrimination Laws: Limits and Vantages, Tom Simmons
Making Sense of Bush v. Gore, Jonathan Van Patten
Submissions from 2001
An Analysis of the IRS’s Voluntary Disclosure Policy, Allen Madison
The Autumn After September 11 (Poem), Frank Pommersheim
Territorial Justice Under Fire: The Trials of Peter Wintermute, 1873-1875, Tom Simmons
Altogether Fitting and Proper, Jonathan Van Patten
Submissions from 2000
The Public Forum Doctrine’s "Government Intent Standard:" What Happened to Justice Kennedy?, David Day
Late Spring Haiku in Rhyme/Haiku for the Birds (Poems), Frank Pommersheim
"Our Federalism" in the Context of Federal Courts and Tribal Courts: An Open Letter to the Federal Courts’ Teaching and Scholarly Community, Frank Pommersheim
"Working" with the ADA's "Regarded As" Definition of a Disability, Thomas Simmons
How Medication Affects the Existence of an ADA Disability, Tom Simmons
Lessons in Leadership from Lincoln the Lawyer, Barry Vickrey
Submissions from 1999
Policy and Science: A Review Essay of Wilson’s Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, Thomas E. Geu
Derivatives Regulation in the Context of the Shingle Theory, Allen Madison
Coyote Paradox: Some Indian Law Reflections from the Edge of the Prairie, Frank Pommersheim
Marxist Haiku (Poem), Frank Pommersheim
The ADA Prima Facie Plaintiff: A Critical Overview of Eighth Circuit Case Law, Tom Simmons
Submissions from 1998
Reflections on Judge Donald Porter and His Contributions to Free Speech Jurisprudence, David Day
The Uncopyrightability of Jokes, Allen Madison
History of Tribal Courts, Frank Pommersheim
Indian Nations on the Eve of the 21st Century (Panel Discussion), Frank Pommersheim
Plums: A Geography (Poem), Frank Pommersheim
Representing Native People and Indian Tribes: A Response to Professor Allegretti, Frank Pommersheim
Case Survey: A Brief Survey of Selected South Dakota Supreme Court Cases Decided in 1997, Thomas Simmons
Submissions from 1997
NATION OF ADVERSARIES: HOW THE LITIGATION EXPLOSION IS RESHAPING AMERICA, Patrick Garry
The Context of Employment Discrimination in Japan, Allen Madison
BRAID OF FEATHERS: AMERICAN INDIAN LAW AND CONTEMPORARY TRIBAL LIFE (Paperback ed.), Frank Pommersheim
Children in a Landscape (Poem), Frank Pommersheim
Democracy, Citizenship, and Indian Law Literacy: Some Initial Thoughts, Frank Pommersheim
MINDFULNESS AND HOME: POETRY AND PROSE FROM A PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE, Frank Pommersheim
Tribal Courts and the Federal Judiciary: Opportunities and Challenges for a Constitutional Democracy, Frank Pommersheim
What Must Be Done to Achieve the Vision of the Twenty-First Century Tribal Judiciary, Frank Pommersheim
Twisted Interests: People in Interest of S.A.H. and the State of Open Adoptions in South Dakota, Thomas Simmons
Highways, Hunters, and Section Lines: Tension Between Public Access and Private Rights, Tom Simmons
Submissions from 1996
SCRAMBLING FOR PROTECTION: THE NEW MEDIA AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT (Paperback Ed.), Patrick Garry
Prairie Haiku: A Series (Poem), Frank Pommersheim
Tribal Court Jurisprudence: A Snapshot From the Field, Frank Pommersheim
Tribal Courts: Constitutional Decision Making and an Opportunity for Transformation, Frank Pommersheim
"I Fought the Law and the Law Won": A Report on Women and Disparate Sentencing in South Dakota, Frank Pommersheim, Christine Hutton, and Steve Feimer
Submissions from 1995
BRAID OF FEATHERS: AMERICAN INDIAN LAW AND CONTEMPORARY TRIBAL LIFE, Frank Pommersheim
Diminishment of Indian Reservations: Legislative or Judicial Fiat?, (panel discussion), Frank Pommersheim
Dispute Resolution in Indian Country: Does Abstention Make the Heart Grow Fonder? (panel discussion), Frank Pommersheim
Tribal Courts: Providers of Justice and Protectors of Sovereignty, Frank Pommersheim
Essay: Lawyer Advertising, Professional Ethics, and the Constitution, Jonathan Van Patten
Submissions from 1994
SCRAMBLING FOR PROTECTION: THE NEW MEDIA AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT, Patrick Garry
Tao of Jurisprudence: Chaos, Brain Science, Synchronicity, and the Law, Thomas Geu
A Symposium on Tribal Courts: Introduction, Frank Pommersheim
SNAPS: POETRY AND PROSE FROM A FAMILY ALBUM, Frank Pommersheim
Submissions from 1993
Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group Report for the District of South Dakota, David Day
The Local Rule Revision Project: The South Dakota Experience, David Day
Making All the Difference: Native American Testimony and the Black Hills (A Review Essay), Frank Pommersheim
Chapter 12 in the Courts, Jonathan Van Patten
Submissions from 1992
The End of the Public Forum Doctrine, David Day
Waiting for the New Emerson: A Critique of The First Amendment, Democracy, and Romance, David Day
A Path Near the Clearing: An Essay on Constitutional Adjudication in Tribal Courts, Frank Pommersheim
Justice, Community and Differences: The Challenge from Indian Country, Frank Pommersheim
Liberation, Dreams, and Hard Work: An Essay on Tribal Court Jurisprudence, Frank Pommersheim
Legislation: Congressional Initiatives: The Forgotten Constraint: Bankruptcy Legislation and the Uniformity Clause, Jonathan Van Patten
Law Schools, Bench, and Bar: A Needed Partnership for Lawyer Competence and Professionalism, Barry Vickrey
Submissions from 1991
Red, White and Blue: An All-American Critique of Judicial Review, David Day
The "Assaultive Jurisprudence": The Free Speech Critique of Robert Nagle’s Constitutional Cultures, David Day
Senior Faculty Attitudes Toward Retirement, David Day, Thomas Langham, and Suzan Pearson
The Reservation as Place: A South Dakota Essay, Frank Pommersheim
Tribal-State Relations: Hope for the Future?, Frank Pommersheim
Judge Robert Bork and the Quest for Original Intent (reviewing Robert H. Bork, The Tempting of America: The Political Seduction of the Law (1990)), Jonathan Van Patten
Submissions from 1990
A New Perspective on the "DePriest Tea" Historiographic Controversy: Mrs. Lou Henry Hoover’s Papers, David Day
Book Review Essay: Justice Rehnquist and His Constitution, David Day
Conversation with Frank Pommersheim, Frank Pommersheim
The Reservation as Place: A South Dakota Essay, Frank Pommersheim
Bankruptcy and Environmental Obligations: The Clash between Private Relief and Public Policy, Jonathan Van Patten and Richard D. Puetz
Submissions from 1989
Opaque Covers and Judicial Obfuscation in the Eighth Circuit, David Day
The Crucible of Sovereignty: Analyzing Issues of Tribal Jurisdiction, Frank Pommersheim
"I Fought the Law and the Law Won": A Report on Women and Disparate Sentencing in South Dakota, Frank Pommersheim, Christine Hutton, and Steve Feimer