The Cheyenne Way: Conflict and Case Law in Primitive Jurisprudence

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University of Oklahoma Press, 1941 - 360 pagina's
The Cheyenne Indians, in sharp contrast to other Plains tribes, are renowned for the clear sense of form and structure in their institutions. This cultural trait, together with the colorful background of the Cheyennes, attracted the unique collaboration of a legal theorist and an anthropologist, who, in this volume, provide a definitive picture of the law-ways of a primitive, nonliterate people.

This foundational study of primitive law presents the folkways in law of the Cheyennes through the technique of the American case lawyer, adjusted to the requirements of the anthropologist with his scientific understanding of human behavior and realistic sociology. Particularly appealing to the general reader are the law cases themselves. Based on individual episodes that reflect the legal procedure of the Cheyennes over a period of more than sixty years, the cases are heroic narratives in the finest tradition.

Over de auteur (1941)

Karl N. Llewellyn taught for over thirty years in the law schools of Yale, Columbia (where he was Betts Professor of Jurisprudence), and the University of Chicago. He was a leader in deep and realistic study of the institution of law, especially in relation to other behavioral fields.

E. Adamson Hoebel was Emeritus Professor of Anthropology in the University of Minnesota. He had many opportunities to observe Indian tribes, including Cheyennes, Comanches, and Shoshones. Besides this book and others, he was coauthor of The Comanches: Lords of the South Plains also published by the University of Oklahoma Press.

Bibliografische gegevens

TitelThe Cheyenne Way: Conflict and Case Law in Primitive Jurisprudence
Volume 21 van Civilization of the American Indian series, ISSN 0069-4304
AuteursKarl Nickerson Llewellyn, Edward Adamson Hoebel
Editiegeïllustreerd, herdruk
UitgeverUniversity of Oklahoma Press, 1941
ISBN0806118555, 9780806118550
Lengte360 pagina's
  
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