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Dan MacMeekin         Attorney at Law        Washington, DC, USA

The legal and political relationships between islands and the rest of the world, with a particular focus on Micronesia and other islands of the Pacific

The core of this site is the Library and the collections of Island Links. The site also includes my biography and information on how to contact me.

I have a keen interest in and extensive experience with island issues.  I have worked particularly on issues from the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the other islands of Micronesia, so that area of the Western Pacific Ocean is prominent in these pages.

My practice is not restricted to island law.  I focus on civil (as opposed to criminal) matters, and, particularly, on civil matters that involve the construction and application of U.S. federal law.   In recent years, I have worked mostly on matters arising under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, U.S. Public Law 93-638, as amended.

I have extensive experience in doing legal and historical research in the Library of Congress, the National Archives of the United States, and the agencies of the U.S. federal government.   I often consult with other attorneys and undertake specific research and writing assignments in the interests of their clients. 

Library

Among the contents of the library are:

The Island Jurisdictions Index—basic information on the location, political status, population, and land area of island jurisdictions worldwide and, where available, links to fundamental legal documents online 

My article, The Overseas Territories and Commonwealths of the United States of America

The Insular Cases--the applicability of the United States Constitution to territories of the United States--a summary

Analysis of the Fourteen Proposed Amendments to the Federated States of Micronesia Constitution (as amended), by John R. Haglelgam (2002)

The full text of the The Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, signed in Honolulu, Hawaii on September 5, 2000, and 

The full text of other legal documents on island issues.

Connections to island information:

Legal documents available online at other sites

Island websites particularly useful to the online and offline  researcher

NEW: Selected bibliographies.  So far, for Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.

Online news from the Pacific islands

And, for citizens of the Freely Associated States, How to Apply for a Work Permit in the United States 

My background and experience.

Contact

Get in touch with me.

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