Navajo Nation peacemaking : living traditional justice / edited by Marianne O. Nielsen and James W. Zion.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780816524716
- ISBN: 0816524718
- Physical Description: x, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2005.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-216) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | KF 8228 .N3 N38 2005 | 268729 | Stacks | Available | - |
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Version of Resource: http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip059/2005005821.html
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