- ISBN13: 9780816665365
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The Navajo Nation court system is the largest and most established tribal legal system in the world. Since the landmark 1959 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Williams v. Lee that affirmed tribal court authority over reservation-based claims, the Navajo Nation has been at the vanguard of a far-reaching, transformative jurisprudential movement among Indian tribes in North America and indigenous peoples around the world to retrieve and use traditional values to address c… More >>
Navajo Courts and Navajo Common Law: A Tradition of Tribal Self-Governance
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#1 by M. Baumrind on March 25, 2010 - 11:41 pm
This is a great resource for anyone interested in American Indian courts and of course, the Navajo justice system. Former Chief Justice Rayond Austin writes so clearly and the cases he discusses are fascinating. The index is extremely helpful in finding Navajo concepts discussed in the book. This book teaches the reader that there are many different lenses through which one can view justice, and American judges at all levels could learn a lot from reading it. Highly recommended!!!!
Rating: 5 / 5