Navajo courts and Navajo common law : a tradition of tribal self-governance / Raymond D. Austin ; foreword by Robert A. Williams, Jr.
2009
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Author
Title
Navajo courts and Navajo common law : a tradition of tribal self-governance / Raymond D. Austin ; foreword by Robert A. Williams, Jr.
Published
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Call Number
KF8228.N3 A95 2009
ISBN
9780816665358 (hc : alk. paper)
0816665354 (hc : alk. paper)
9780816665365 (pb : alk. paper)
0816665362 (pb : alk. paper)
0816665354 (hc : alk. paper)
9780816665365 (pb : alk. paper)
0816665362 (pb : alk. paper)
Description
xxiv, 268 pages ; 22 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)351313269
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Record Appears in
Gift
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
Foreword: The Tribal Law Revolution in Indian Country Today / Robert A. Williams, Jr.
Introduction
Modern Issues, Ancient Traditions: Going Back to Fundamental Values
1
The Navajo Nation Court System
1
2
Foundational Dine Law Principles
37
3
Hozhq (Peace, Harmony, and Balance)
53
4
K'e (Kinship Unity through Positive Values)
83
5
K'ei (Descent, Clanship, and Kinship)
137
Conclusion: Law Is the Product of Human Experience
199
Glossary of Navajo Words and Kinship Terms
203
Notes
207
Index
251
Index to Navajo Nation Court Cases, Council Resolutions, and Statutes
259