Note from the Editor

• Publication year: 2006

§ 23 Alaska L. Rev. 0. NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

Alaska Law Review
Volume 23
Cited: 23 Alaska L. Rev. 0

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

Lauren Shurman

The staff of the Alaska Law Review is pleased to present our June 2006 issue. The Year-in-Review, formerly included with each June issue, continues to be published exclusively online at http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/alr.

We hope that the five pieces in this issue appeal to the varied sectors of the Alaska legal community. The Article by Andy Harrington examines the history of the 1970 "Metlakatla" amendment to Public Law 280, concluding that the amendment should not be interpreted to divest the affected Indian Tribes of residual civil or criminal jurisdiction. The Comment by Gordon Harrison discusses legislative redistricting in Alaska and argues for bipartisan participation in the redistricting process by the legislature. Next, Benjamin Roesch's Comment examines the applicability of Alaska Civil Rule 68 in federal diversity actions under Erie-Hanna jurisprudence, concluding that the substance of the state rule rather than the federal rule should apply. Eric Lobsinger's Comment analyzes the recent Alaska Supreme Court decision of Alaska Civil Liberties Union ex rel. Carter v. Alaska, where the court struck down the denial of employment benefits to public employee's same-sex domestic partners...