The
Indian Gaming Law Seminar is designed to survey the law surrounding the
Indian
gaming industry, focusing primarily on the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
of
1988. Students enrolled in the seminar prepare research papers
which are
published to the web on this page. Students currently enrolled in
the
seminar should look here
for
course content. This page is devoted to publishing the final
papers from
the seminar.
Fall 2002
Shea Backus, The Legal Boundary Between
Class
II and Class III Gaming
Dawn Bitz, The Law of Class III Compact
Negotiation:
The Duties of a State to Negotiate and the Procedures for Compact
Negotiation
Amy Courson, Tribal/State Revenue
Sharing
Agreements: The Product of a Fairly Bargained Agreement or
Extortionate
Payments to Which the Tribes Have No Real Alternative?
Pearline Kirk, The Minimum Internal Controls
Standards
in Indian Gaming
Jessica Lee-Domebo, The
Constitutionality of the
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and Its Various Provisions
Kiyoko Patterson, The
Structure, Operation, and Scope of Power of the National Gaming
Commission
Timothy Harjo, The Law of Class
III Compact Negotiation: The Scope of What Can and Must be
Negotiated?
Spring 2005
Michelle Begay, NIGC Oversight of Class II and Class III Gaming Distinguished
Steve Bodmer, SEMINOLE FIX REGULATIONS: Are the States Really Being Dealt Out or Have the Tribes Just Been Dealt a Fair Remedy?
F. Michael Carillo, Negotiating an Industry:
The Continued Development of Indian Gaming & Compact Formation and Structure
Savannah Luisa Castro, Taking Indian Land into Trust for Gaming Purposes
Christopher A. Love, The Significance of the Johnson Act After the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
Rose M. Quilt, The Legal Boundary Between Class II and Class III Gaming
Vena A-dae Romero, For Better or ForWorse: IGRA and Tribal Gaming Regulations
Beverly Rudnick, Let it Ride in Cyberspace: The Internet (and Other Forms of Electronic Communication) and Indian Gaming
Dorinda Strmiska, Revenue Sharing or State Racketeering? The Legality of Tribal
Payments to State and Local Governments in Lieu of Taxes