"Federal Indian law . . . is a loosely related collection of past and present acts of Congress, treaties and agreements, executive orders, administrative rulings, and judicial opinions, connected only by the fact that law in some form has been applied haphazardly to American Indians over the course of several centuries. . . . Indians in their tribal relation and Indian tribes in their relation to the federal government hang suspended in a legal wonderland." In this book, two prominent scholars of American Indian law and politics undertake a full historical examination of the relationship between Indians and the United States Constitution that explains the present state of confusion and inconsistent application in U.S. Indian law. The authors examine all sections of the Constitution that explicitly and implicitly apply to Indians and discuss how they have been interpreted and applied from the early republic up to the present. They convincingly argue that the Constitution does not provide any legal rights for American Indians and that the treaty-making process should govern relations between Indian nations and the federal government.

"Two prominent scholars of American Indian law and politics undertake a full historical examination of the relationship between Indians and the United States Constitution that explains the present state of confusion and inconsistent application in U.S. Indian law." -- Jacket.

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book deals with the hardships, difficulties, successes and failures of a police officer.Apart from physical fitness, a police officer is required to abreast with medico-legal knowledge, expertise in investigating skills, legal know-how, a repo with public and politician and a good liasoning with court and executive magistracy. The book also deals with how policing can be done in different situations like strengthening national integration, empowering tribals, women and reducing the menace of naxalism, the role of police in combating unlawful assembly, human rights violations, communal riots, increasing rape incidents etc. I have discussed some of the important legal issues which confront common people in their day to day life like the first information report, dying declaration, procedure of trials, burden of proof, special immunities enjoyed by different agencies, confession, defamation, relevancy of facts, charge sheet, right to self defence. I have also discussed the remedial measures as to how we can prevent custodial deaths, dowry death cases, false registration of cases by police, measures to prevent dacoity, and theft, surveillance of bad characters by police, effectiveness of tracking dog, nuisance, false registration of case by daughter-in-law against her father and mother in-laws, child abuse and its prevention, anticipatory bail, safeguard against drug addiction, safeguard against registration of false case and suicide, how road robbery and accidental death can be prevented. I am sure that this book would enhance the knowledge of police officers and the public regarding policing in India.

Tom Harlan brings his Oath of Empire series to a shattering conclusion in The Dark Lord. In what would be the 7th Century AD in our history, the Roman Empire still stands, supported by the twin pillars of the Legions and Thaumaturges of Rome. The Emperor of the West, the Augustus Galen Atreus, came to the aid of the Emperor of the East, the Avtokrator Heraclius, in his war with the Sassanad Emperor of Persia. But despite early victories, that war has not gone well, and now Rome is hard-pressed. Constantinople has fallen before the dark sorceries of the Lord Dahak and his legions of the living and dead. Now the new Emperor of Persia marches on Egypt, and if he takes that ancient nation, Rome will be starved and defeated. But there is a faint glimmer of hope. The Emperor Galen's brother Maxian is a great sorcerer, perhaps the equal of Dahak, lord of the seven serpents. He is now firmly allied with his Imperial brother and Rome. And though they are caught tight in the Dark Lord's net of sorcery, Queen Zoe of Palmyra and Lord Mohammed have not relinquished their souls to evil. Powerful, complex, engrossing --Thomas Harlan's Oath of Empire series has taken fantasy readers by storm. The first three volumes, The Shadow of Ararat, The Gate of Fire, and The Storm of Heaven have been universally praised. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Norman Gottwald's monumental The Tribes of Yahweh caused an immediate sensation when first published in 1979, and its influence has continued to be felt, both in the area of biblical politics and in the application of sociological methods to the Hebrew Bible. This book reflects on the impact and the implications of the work after twenty years. The distinguished contributors are David Jobling, Frank Frick, Charles Carter, Carol Meyers, Jacques Berlinerblau, Itumeleng Mosala, Gerald West, Roland Boer and, in a response to contributors as well as an interview with the editor, Norman Gottwald himself.