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Subject(s)

• Navajo courts [Browse]
• Navajo law [Browse]
• Dispute resolution (Law)—Southwest, New [Browse]
• Justice, Administration of—Southwest, New [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Related name

• Nielsen, Marianne O. [Browse]
• Zion, James W., 1944- [Browse]

Summary note

Describes and analyzes the Navajo peacemaking tradition of restorative justice, in which all participants are treated as equals with the purpose of preserving ongoing relationships and restoring harmony among involved parties.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-216) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

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
• Bil 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
• Hózhq́q́jí 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.

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ISBN

• 9780816524716 ((pbk. ; : acid-free paper))
• 0816524718 ((pbk. ; : acid-free paper))

SuDoc no.

UA 5.2:N 18/10

LCCN

2005005821

OCLC

58527163

International Article Number

9780816524716

RCP

H - S

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