Indian Gaming Law and Policy
Author: Kathryn RL Rand
In just over two decades, Indian gaming has become big business throughout the United States. Over 300 tribal casinos in 30 states generate billions of dollars in gambling revenue. The Indian gaming industry continues to grow, attracting widespread attention in the courts, policymaking arenas, and the media. With a complex and controversial federal regulatory scheme and myriad state and tribal regulations, Indian gaming is a growing area of legal and regulatory practice.
At the intersection of federal Indian law and gambling law, and against the background of tribal sovereignty, Indian gaming is a complicated and fascinating topic for students, practitioners, and policymakers alike, raising important legal, political, and public policy questions. Indian Gaming Law and Policy provides a comprehensive and accessible explanation of Indian gaming, tracing the genesis of tribal gaming and the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, enacted on the heels of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians. The book discusses in detail the Act's provisions and subsequent legal and political developments, including the scope of gaming and state public policy, the line dividing Class II and Class III games, the increased politicization of tribal gaming after the Supreme Court's examination of the Act in Seminole Tribe v. Florida, and the multitude of actors —at federal, state, and tribal levels, and within both the public and private sectors— who have regulatory authority or other influence over Indian gaming. As debates over tribal gaming heat up across the U.S., the book examines developing political and policy issues that may determine the future of Indian gaming and includes a helpful appendix to guide practitioners and students in researching Indian gaming issues.
Indian Gaming Law and Policy is a one-stop resource for practitioners and policymakers, and also is a highly readable and comprehensive account appropriate for adoption in courses in law, public policy and public administration, and contemporary issues.
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Indian Gaming Law and Policy should be required reading for policymakers at the federal, state, and tribal level.
Table of Contents:
| Ch. 1 | Introduction | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Indian gaming before 1988 | 17 |
| Ch. 3 | The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 | 35 |
| Ch. 4 | Subsequent legal developments | 69 |
| Ch. 5 | The role of politics and policy | 109 |
| Ch. 6 | Political issues and policy outcomes | 139 |
| Ch. 7 | Conclusion : the future of Indian gaming | 163 |
| App. A | Researching Indian gaming | 171 |
| App. B | The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 | 187 |
| App. C | Federal regulations related to Indian gaming | 217 |
| App. D | Indian gaming regulatory authorities by state and tribe | 219 |
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Metadata and Its Impact on Libraries (Library and Information Science Text Series)
Author: Sheila S Intner
Three mavens of the cataloging world tackle the topic of metadata, explaining fundamental concepts and their accompanying rationales, as well as exploring current developments and future innovations in the library world. Part One examines the characteristics of multiple metadata schema, the creation of metadata for both monographic and continuous electronic resources, and its integration into local catalogs and databases. Part Two explores metadata's effect on current developments in online reference, choice of metadata schema, archiving, and digital preservation, and professional education, as well as future innovations yet unborn. A must-read for sophisticated information specialists, as well as for those who aspire to similar heights of intellectual worldliness.
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Noted catalogers Intner (Cataloging Correctly for Kids), Susan S. Lazinger (Digital Preservation and Metadata: History, Theory, Practice), and Jean Weihs (coauthor with Intner, Standard Cataloging for School and Public Libraries) have written an excellent text suitable for either students or librarians on the job who need guidance in preparing metadata. THe book begins with an introductory description of metadata and an overview of some schemas, but the meat is in the two chapters devoted to creating bibliographic records as metadata for electronic monographic materials and continuing resources. Some familiarity with MARC and AACR2 is imperative, but anyone with even a modicum of cataloging experience will find the explanations and examples informative. Reviewing Priscilla Caplan's Metadata Fundamentals for All Librarians, this reviewer noted, "This is not the last book on metadata a librarian will ever need, but it should be the first." For those ready to advance to the next book on the subject, this is it. The earlier work is more elementary in nature, while this text contains more detailed instructions on metadata creation, samples of bibliographic records as metadata, and exercises for practice in their creation. Highly recommended for catalogers and other information professionals who need to understand the relationship between metadata and traditional bibliographic control.-Margaret Sylvia, St. Mary's Univ. Lib., San Antonio Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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