Arguing with Tradition The Language of Law in by Justin B. Richland PAPERBACK

Arguing with Tradition The Language of Law in Hopi Tribal Court Chicago Series in Law and Society\nby Justin B. Richland\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Justin B. Richland\nTitle: Arguing with Tradition The Language of Law in Hopi Tribal Court Chicago Series in Law and Society\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Law and society, sociology of law\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press\nPublication year: 2008\nISBN-13: 9780226712956\nISBN-10: 0226712958\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nExplores language and interaction within a contemporary Native American legal system. This work explains how Hopi notions of tradition and culture shape and are shaped by processes of Hopi jurisprudence. It shows that Hopi jurists and litigants have called for their courts to develop a jurisp.