Roadside Justice: Hattie Lee Barnes and the Killing of a White Man in 1950s Mississippi by Trent Brown

Abstract

its jurisdiction, including 1881 legislation permitting it to adjudicate claims by indigenous tribes if Congress authorized such litigation. Lurie’s book is particularly important because Okanogan Tribe and other pocket veto cases have received virtually no other attention from scholars. This crisp, concise, and comprehensive book should become the standard authority for any historical study of the pocket veto. It also makes a significant contribution to the literature about the separation of powers.