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A law of blood : the primitive law of the Cherokee Nation / John Phillip Reid ; foreword by Gordon Morris Bakken.
- Title
- A law of blood : the primitive law of the Cherokee Nation / John Phillip Reid ; foreword by Gordon Morris Bakken.
- Author
- Reid, John Phillip
- Publication
- DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, ©2006.
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- Description
- xii, 340 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- By the time of the first European contact, the Cherokee Nation had already developed a sophisticated government which embodied a belief in liberty and equality as well as a system of laws regarding murder, property, marriage, warfare, and international relations. This work explores the relationship between the members of the tribe and their law.
- Subject
- Cherokee law > History
- Customary law > Southern States > History
- Droit cherokee > Histoire
- Droit primitif > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire
- Droit coutumier > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire
- 86.06 ethnological jurisprudence
- Cherokee law
- Customary law
- Gewoonterecht
- Rechtsgeschiedenis (wetenschap)
- Cherokee (volk)
- United States of America
- Indians
- Customary law
- Legal history
- Southern States
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-329) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. A race of mountain men : the people -- 2. A source of disunity : the regions -- 3. A leadership of crisis : the ascendency of chota -- 4. A rule by consensus : the towns -- 5. A family writ large : the clans -- 6. A native politeness : the headmen -- 7. A nation's mouth : the national council and speaker -- 8. A darling passion : the law of coercion and of equality -- 9. A right to vengeance : the law of homicide -- 10. A way of peace : the mechanics of vengeance -- 11. A touch of justice : the mitigation of liability -- 12. A social permissiveness : the law of marriage -- 13. An occupant's tenure : the law of property -- 14. A nephew's right : the laws of inheritance and status -- 15. A way to war : the law of the nations -- 16. A gift of scalps : the law of visitors and retaliation -- 17. A bloody hatchet : the war machine -- 18. A beloved occupation : the law of capture and adoption -- 19. A path swept clean : the making of peace -- 20. A still hot war : the keeping of peace -- 21. A scolding house : the Cherokee legal system -- 22. A way of dreaming : the Cherokee legal mind -- 23. A people of law : the future.
- ISBN
- 0875806082
- 9780875806082
- LCCN
- 2005028566
- 9780875806082
- OCLC
- 61859765
- SCSB-10134676
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library