The development of law and legal institutions among the Cherokees

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The development of law and legal institutions among the Cherokees / by Thomas Lee Ballenger ; introduction by Chad Smith.

Ballenger, Thomas Lee. (Author). Smith, Chadwick Corntassel. (Added Author).

Summary:

Before the arrival of Europeans to North America, the Cherokee people practiced a form of justice called blood law, or clan law. In this system, responsibility for the punishment of a crime fell to the clan of the victim.

Record details

ISBN: 9780982690727
ISBN: 098269072X
Physical Description: xiii, 174 pages : illustrations, maps, forms ; 24 cm
Publisher: Tahlequah, Okla. : Cherokee National Press ; ©2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1938.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-153) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: The legal status of the Cherokee Nation -- Acquisition of the Anglo-Saxon idea of law and government -- The uprooting and readjustment of the Cherokee Nation, 1828-1846 -- The Civil War period -- Inter-tribal relationships -- Development of the Cherokee judiciary after 1866 -- Development of the Cherokee judiciary after 1866 (cont.).

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Subject:: Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma.
Cherokee law > History > 19th century.
Law > Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma > History > 19th century.
Cherokee Indians > Legal status, laws, etc.
Cherokee Indians > Legal status, laws, etc.
Cherokee law.
Law.
Genre:: History.

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