ITR: Tribal Law Enhancement Project

爱达荷大学的这一多学科项目与国家司法学院和国家部落司法中心合作，旨在通过创建一个全国性的、可上网的部落法院意见、部落法典和章程以及相关法律材料的电子数据库，加强对美洲印第安人部落制度法律材料的获取。由此产生的产品--部落法报告数字图书馆--将可通过其自身的网址和国家部落司法中心、国家司法学院和爱达荷州大学维护的网页的超级链接，在全球网络上完全搜索和访问。除了设计、创建、更新和维护项目数据库、搜索引擎和网络界面外，项目参与方还将与部落法院和议会签订合同协议，以允许通过项目数字图书馆提供他们的法院判决、守则和章程。其他法律材料，包括涉及印第安人联邦法律、条约和影响印第安人权利和部落治理的美国法规和条例规定的联邦和州法院意见，将补充可通过数字图书馆获取的法律材料。此外，项目参与者将向部落法院法官和部落委员会成员提供使用数据库和进行更普遍的法律研究方面的培训。

This multidisciplinary project at the University of Idaho, in cooperation with The National Judicial College and The National Tribal Justice Center, aims to enhance access to the legal materials of American Indian tribal systems through creation of a nationwide, web-accessible electronic database of tribal court opinions, tribal codes and constitutions, and related legal materials. The resultant product, the Tribal Law Reporter digital library, will be fully searchable and accessible on the worldwide web through its own web address and by hyperlink from web pages maintained by The National Tribal Justice Center, and The National Judicial College, and the University of Idaho. In addition to designing, creating, updating, and maintaining the project database, search engine, and web interface, the project participants will enter into contractual agreements with tribal courts and councils for permission to make their court decisions, codes and constitutions available through the project digital library. Other legal materials, including selected federal and state court opinions addressing federal Indian law, treaties, and United States Statutory and regulatory provisions affecting Indian rights and tribal governance will round out the legal materials accessible through the digital library. In addition, the project participants will provide training in the use of the database and in conducting legal research more generally to tribal court judges and members of tribal councils.