Arguing With Tradition - The Language of Law in Hopi Tribal Court

Informationen zum Autor Justin B. Richland is assistant professor in the Department of Criminology! Law! and Society at the University of California! Irvine. Klappentext Explores language and interaction within a contemporary Native American legal system. This work explains how Hopi notions of tradition and culture shape and are shaped by processes of Hopi jurisprudence. It shows that Hopi jurists and litigants have called for their courts to develop a jurisprudence that better reflect Hopi culture and traditions. Zusammenfassung Explores language and interaction within a contemporary Native American legal system. This work explains how Hopi notions of tradition and culture shape and are shaped by processes of Hopi jurisprudence. It shows that Hopi jurists and litigants have called for their courts to develop a jurisprudence that better reflect Hopi culture and traditions.

Product details

• Authors: Justin B. Richland, Richland Justin B.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2008
• EAN: 9780226712956
• ISBN: 978-0-226-71295-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Chicago Series in Law and Soci; Chicago Series in Law and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, North America (USA and Canada), Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, LAW / Indigenous Law & Legal Systems