The South Dakota Law Review is a journal of critical commentary on current legal issues with a state, national, and international circulation. Published three times per year, the South Dakota Law Review contains articles by leading members of the legal profession and student notes and comments. The South Dakota Law Review was first published in the spring of 1956 and is published three times a year by students at The University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law. For over sixty years, the South Dakota Law Review has provided a forum to publish materials presenting views on subjects of interest to the legal profession. With nearly 600 subscribers a year, the South Dakota Law Review reaches all fifty states and many foreign universities and institutions.
Current Issue: Volume 70, Issue 3 (2025)
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South Dakota Law Review
Table of Contents
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South Dakota Law Review
Articles
Assessing Government Transparency: An Analysis of South Dakota's Open Records and Meetings Laws
Neil Fulton, Sarah Kammer, and Patrick Garry
Mapping the South Dakota Legislature
John McCullough
Tribes in the Text: How State Constitutions Structure Governmental Relationships with Native Tribes
Paul Baumgardner
South Dakota's Citizen Legislature: 100 Sessions of Constancy and Change
Tonnis H. Venhuizen and David K. Wheeler
Have Recent Legislative Changes in South Dakota Made Using the Initiated Measure Process More Difficult?
Cory Heidelberger, Teagan McNary, and Reynold F. Nesiba
Student Comment/Note