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Author Richland, Justin B. (Justin Blake), 1970- author.

Title Arguing with tradition : the language of law in Hopi Tribal court / Justin B. Richland.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 187 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Chicago series in law and society
Chicago series in law and society.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-178) and index.
Contents Arguing with tradition in Native America -- Making a Hopi Nation : "Anglo" law comes to Hopi country -- "What are you going to do with the village's knowledge?" : language ideologies and legal power in Hopi tribal court -- "He could not speak Hopi. ... that puzzle puzzled me" : the pragmatic paradoxes of Hopi tradition in court -- Suffering into truth : Hopi law as narrative interaction.
Summary Exploring both language and legal issues, this work explains how notions of Hopi tradition and culture shape and are shaped by the processes of Hopi jurisprudence as it comes increasingly to differentiate itself from Anglo-American law.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
Hopi Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Hopi Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Hopi Indians.
Hopi law.
Hopi law.
Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
Indian courts -- United States.
Indian courts.
United States.
Indians of North America -- Arizona.
Indians of North America.
Arizona.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Richland, Justin B. (Justin Blake), 1970- Arguing with tradition. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2008 9780226712932 0226712931 (DLC) 2007043031 (OCoLC)176978800
ISBN 9780226712963 (electronic book)
0226712966 (electronic book)
9780226712932 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0226712931 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780226712956 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0226712958 (paperback ; alkaline paper)