Arguing with Tradition: The Language of Law in Hopi Tribal Court - Couverture souple

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Richland, Justin B.

 
9780226712956: Arguing with Tradition: The Language of Law in Hopi Tribal Court
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ISBN 10 : 0226712958 ISBN 13 : 9780226712956
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2008

Synopsis

Arguing with Tradition is the first book to explore language and interaction within a contemporary Native American legal system. Grounded in Justin Richland’s extensive field research on the Hopi Indian Nation of northeastern Arizona—on whose appellate court he now serves as Justice Pro Tempore—this innovative work explains how Hopi notions of tradition and culture shape and are shaped by the processes of Hopi jurisprudence.

Like many indigenous legal institutions across North America, the Hopi Tribal Court was created in the image of Anglo-American-style law. But Richland shows that in recent years, Hopi jurists and litigants have called for their courts to develop a jurisprudence that better reflects Hopi culture and traditions. Providing unprecedented insights into the Hopi and English courtroom interactions through which this conflict plays out, Richland argues that tensions between the language of Anglo-style law and Hopi tradition both drive Hopi jurisprudence and make it unique. Ultimately, Richland’s analyses of the language of Hopi law offer a fresh approach to the cultural politics that influence indigenous legal and governmental practices worldwide.

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À propos de l?auteur

Justin B. Richland is an associate justice of the Hopi Appellate Court as well as an associate professor of anthropology at the University of California, Irvine and faculty fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Richland is the author of several works on the contemporary legal systems and practices of Native American Nations, including Arguing with Tradition: The Language of Law in Hopi Tribal Court and Introduction to Tribal Legal Studies.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226712958
ISBN 13 
9780226712956
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
200
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0226712931 ISBN 13 :  9780226712932
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2008
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