Navajo Nation peacemaking : living traditional justice / edited by Marianne O. Nielsen and James W. Zion.

Other author Nielsen, Marianne O.
Other author Zion, James W., 1944-
Format Book
Publication InfoTucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2005.
Descriptionx, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents The process of decision making in tribal courts : a Navajo jurist's perspective / Tom Tso -- "Life comes from it" : Navajo justice concepts / Robert Yazzie -- The Navajo peacemaker court : deference to the old and accommodation to the new / James W. Zion -- The dynamics of Navajo peacemaking : social psychology of an American Indian method of dispute resolution / James W. Zion -- When people act as if they have no relatives : domestic abuse cases in the Crownpoint Family Court / James W. Zion -- Perceptions of justice : the effect of procedural justice in Navajo peacemaking / Eric Kenneth Gross -- Bił Háí'áázh ("I am his brother") : can peacemaking work with juveniles? / Jon'a F. Meyer -- Navajo Nation courts and peacemaking : restorative justice issues / Marianne O. Nielsen -- Hózhǫ́ǫ́jí Naat'áanii : the Navajo justice and harmony ceremony / Philmer Bluehouse and James W. Zion -- Lessons from the third sovereign : Indian tribal courts / Sandra Day O'Connor -- "Navajo thinking" : peacemaking planning and policy / Robert Yazzie and James W. Zion -- Epilogue and dream : a look backward and forward / James W. Zion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [208]-216) and index.
LCCN 2005005821
ISBN0816524718 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780816524716
Other class# UA 5.2:N 18/10

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