Add to ORKGRestoring Harmony through Nalyeeh: Can the Navajo Common Law of Torts be Applied in State and Federal Forums? by J. R. Mueller demonstrates that the Navajo Nation has developed and articulated a modern tort law and doctrine of restitution grounded in Navajo tradition and evolved from ancient custom, similar to the Anglo-American notion of common law. This article also explores whether tribal customary law can be applied in state and federal forums in light of a recent federal case Cheromiah v. United States
For the last thirty years the Supreme Court has been adjusting the boundaries of American Indian tri...
What power do the federal courts have to supply tribal rights of action when Congress has been silen...
Over the last quarter century, the Court has progressively limited tribal jurisdiction over both non...
The Navajo Nation courts use ancient Diné (Navajo) customs and traditions or Navajo common law to de...
This case note examines in detail the adoption, and adaptation, of the United States Supreme Court\u...
Customary law still appears in many of the decisions of American state and federal courts. Modern co...
This article examines the adverse effects of federal case law and legislation on tribal courts and t...
Tribal regulation of marriage is an example of tribal government and tribal court using the legal sy...
Courts and scholars refer to the substantive common law applied by tribal courts in the United State...
Frequently referred to as customary law, the unique traditions and customs of different Native Ameri...
From the perspective of international law, indigenous peoples have the rights to own, use, and contr...
The fundamental laws of the Diné, the People in the Navajo language, were placed by the Holy Peopl...
Restoring indigenous people's law and their ability to practice their justice traditions is a fundam...
Indigenous knowledge has sustained Indigenous peoples for centuries. Despite the traumatizing and co...
Can American Indian nations sue and be sued in federal and state courts? Specific issues are whether...
For the last thirty years the Supreme Court has been adjusting the boundaries of American Indian tri...
What power do the federal courts have to supply tribal rights of action when Congress has been silen...
Over the last quarter century, the Court has progressively limited tribal jurisdiction over both non...
The Navajo Nation courts use ancient Diné (Navajo) customs and traditions or Navajo common law to de...
This case note examines in detail the adoption, and adaptation, of the United States Supreme Court\u...
Customary law still appears in many of the decisions of American state and federal courts. Modern co...
This article examines the adverse effects of federal case law and legislation on tribal courts and t...
Tribal regulation of marriage is an example of tribal government and tribal court using the legal sy...
Courts and scholars refer to the substantive common law applied by tribal courts in the United State...
Frequently referred to as customary law, the unique traditions and customs of different Native Ameri...
From the perspective of international law, indigenous peoples have the rights to own, use, and contr...
The fundamental laws of the Diné, the People in the Navajo language, were placed by the Holy Peopl...
Restoring indigenous people's law and their ability to practice their justice traditions is a fundam...
Indigenous knowledge has sustained Indigenous peoples for centuries. Despite the traumatizing and co...
Can American Indian nations sue and be sued in federal and state courts? Specific issues are whether...
For the last thirty years the Supreme Court has been adjusting the boundaries of American Indian tri...
What power do the federal courts have to supply tribal rights of action when Congress has been silen...
Over the last quarter century, the Court has progressively limited tribal jurisdiction over both non...