Note from the Editor

• Publication year: 2006

§ 23 Alaska L. Rev. 00. NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

Alaska Law Review
Volume 23
Cited: 23 Alaska L. Rev. 00

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

Ian Miller

The staff of the Alaska Bar Review is pleased to present our December 2006 issue. The five pieces in this issue reflect our continuing commitment to providing scholarship of practical and academic import to the Alaska legal community. The Article by James Fayette provides a practitioner-oriented overview of self-defense law in Alaska. The Note by Shardul Desai examines pretextual searches and seizures should be judged by an objective standard. Next, Michael Murphy's Note determines that Alaska Native Corporations are largely exempt from the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, but urges Native Corporations to adjust their internal best practices to mirror the requirements of the Act. The following Note by Christopher Murray examines the validity of Alaska's felon disenfranchisement laws under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Finally, Jenny Yang's Note examines the laws granting special government contracting privileges to Alaska Native Corporations, the costs and benefits of those privileges, and some suggestions for reform.

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