Kevin J. Worthen

BYU Law School

Advancement Vice President and Hugh W. Colton Professor of Law

D-364 ASB

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT 84602

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The NCAA and Religion: Insights About Non-State Governance from Sunday Play and End Zone Celebrations

Utah Law Review, Vol. 2010, pp. 123-140, 2010
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 10 Sep 2010
Kevin J. Worthen
BYU Law School
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Non-state governance, religious liberty, sports law, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), BYU rule, Sunday play, football, end zone celebrations, NCAA v. Tarkanian, World Bank, Pehuenche indigenous people, Chile, human rights

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Discipline: An Academic Dean’s Perspective on Dealing with Plagiarism

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal, Vol. 2004, pp. 441-448
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 27 Aug 2009
Kevin J. Worthen
BYU Law School
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Plagiarism, academic discipline, legal education, honesty, ethics, law students, law school administration

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Eagle Feathers and Equality: Lessons on Religious Exceptions from the Native American Experience

University of Colorado Law Review, Vol. 76, pp. 989-1020, 2005
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Aug 2009
Kevin J. Worthen
BYU Law School
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Bald Eagle Protection Act, Native Americans, eagle feathers, religious exemptions, discrimination, law and religion

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Protecting the Sacred Sites of Indigenous People in U.S. Courts: Reconciling Native American Religion and the Right to Exclude

St. Thomas Law Review, Vol. 13, pp. 239-258, 2000
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Aug 2009
Kevin J. Worthen
BYU Law School
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Sacred sites, Native American religious freedom, cultural heritage, right to exclude, Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe (1982), jurisdiction, inherent sovereignty

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The Role of Indigenous Groups in Constitutional Democracies: A Lesson from Chile and the United States

HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Cynthia Price Cohen ed., pp. 235-270, Transnational Publishers 1998
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 Aug 2009
Kevin J. Worthen
BYU Law School
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Indigenous people, Chile, United States, legal policies towards Native Americans, comparative constitutional law

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Who Decides and What Difference Does it Make? Defining Marriage in 'Our Democratic, Federal Republic'

BYU Journal of Public Law, Vol. 18, pp. 273-307, 2004
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 Aug 2009
Kevin J. Worthen
BYU Law School
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Governmental structure, political decision making, constitution, legislation, same-sex marriage legalization, form of government

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Shirt Tales: Clerking for Byron White

Brigham Young University Law Review, pp. 349-361, 1994
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 27 Aug 2009
Kevin J. Worthen
BYU Law School
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Byron R. White (1917-2002), U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1962-1993), judicial biography, law clerks, tributes, gratitude

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Who Will Control the Future of Indian Gaming? 'A Few Pages of History are Worth a Volume of Logic'

Brigham Young University Law Review, pp. 407-448, 1996
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Aug 2009
Kevin J. Worthen
BYU Law School
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Indian gaming, Native American law, gambling, jurisdiction, tribal-state relations, legal history

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The Essence of Lawyering in an Atmosphere of Faith

Clark Memorandum, pp. 32-40, Fall 2004
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 26 Aug 2009
Kevin J. Worthen
BYU Law School
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Legal education, law students, thinking like a lawyer, morality, service, integrity, J. Reuben Clark Law School

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Religiously Affiliated Law Schools: An Added Dimension

Clark Memorandum, pp. 10-21, Fall 2007
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 26 Aug 2009
Kevin J. Worthen
BYU Law School
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Religiously affiliated law schools, legal education, morality, civility, secularization, diversity, freedom of religion, eternal significance of legal study

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The Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Light of Thornton: The People and Essential Attributes of Sovereignty

Brigham Young University Law Review, pp. 137-175, 1998
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Aug 2009
Kevin J. Worthen
BYU Law School
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Second Amendment, gun control, right to bear arms, term limits, U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton (1995), sovereignty

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Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Potential Normative Power of American Cities and Indian Tribes

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 44, pp. 1273-1312, 1991
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Aug 2009
Kevin J. Worthen
BYU Law School
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Local government, federalism, tribal government, municipal organizations, city, Native American law, sovereignty, normative roles, pluralism, community

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The Grand Experiment: Evaluating Indian Law in the 'New World'

Tulsa Journal of Comparative & International Law, Vol. 5, pp. 299-334, 1998
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Aug 2009
Kevin J. Worthen
BYU Law School
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Self-determination, sovereignty, indigenous people, legal history, Latin America, British Commonwealth

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On Knowing and Caring

BYU Speeches, pp. 311-322, 1997-1998
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 27 Aug 2009
Kevin J. Worthen
BYU Law School
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Knowledge, charity, learning, education, motivation, 1 Corinthians 8 & 13, Bartolome de Las Casas, wisdom

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Who’s in Charge Here? Tribal, State, and Federal Authority Over Non-Indian Resource Development in Indian Country

Proceedings of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, Vol. 47, 2001
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 28 Aug 2009
Kevin J. Worthen
BYU Law School
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Tribal jurisdiction, Native American law, judicial restrictions, reservations, tribal sovereignty, federal and state jurisdiction, Montana v. United States (1981)

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Shedding New Light on an Old Debate: A Federal Indian Law Perspective on Congressional Authority to Limit Federal Question Jurisdiction

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 75, pp. 65-121, 1990
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 31 Aug 2009
Kevin J. Worthen
BYU Law School
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Indian Civil Rights Act, federal jurisdiction, Native American law, federal review, supremacy clause, courts, Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez (1978)