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dc.contributor.authorConn, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-04T18:52:11Z
dc.date.available2019-02-04T18:52:11Z
dc.date.issued1984-02-22
dc.identifier.citationConn, Stephen. (1984). "Bush Justice and Development in Alaska: Why Legal Process in Village Alaska Has Not Kept up with Changing Social Needs". Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, Monterey, CA, 22–25 Feb 1984.en_US
dc.identifier.otherJC 8417.01
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/9770
dc.descriptionThis paper was revised in June 1984 as an unpublished manuscript with the same title (http://hdl.handle.net/11122/9771). A later revision was published as: "Rural Legal Process and Development in the North" by Stephen Conn. Chap. 10 in Theodore Lane (ed.), Developing America's Northern Frontier, pp. 199–229. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes the evolution of the working legal process in the predominantly Alaska Native villages of rural Alaska after Alaska statehood. Replacement of territorial government by highly centralized state justice agencies led to a weakening in the working relationship between formal law and extralegal mechanisms such as the village council. This change coincided with development and other changes which demanded more formal legal presence in villages rather than less. The paper reviews the fate of various bush justice reform efforts made by state agencies and efforts by villages to respond to justice needs. The author suggests that the inadequacy of legal process in village Alaska is not due primarily to language problems or Native confusion about Western law; rather, the "bush justice problem" is caused by a lack of resources, a lack of legal planning for development, and the state governmental system's lack of accountability to its rural constituency. The author recommends experimentation at village level, better planning, and greater autonomy for villages.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontentsIntroduction / Non-legal Social Control / Extra-Legal Control / The Structure of the Legal System / Development in a Village Context / The Structure of State Law and its Influence / The 1970s / What Did Occur / The State Legislative Approach / Conceptualization of the Problem and Its Solution / The Institutional Impetus for Reform / Institutional Perspectives as Planning Perspectives / Development in The Villages — The Impact Statements: Planning for Change / Conclusions from the Pipeline Experience / Notes / Bibliography / APPENDICES [ORIGINAL] / Appendix 1. Public Officials Assessments of Quality of Justice and Selected Public Services [ca. 1978] / Appendix 2. Comparison of Alaska Villages, Alaska Statewide, and United States Crime Rates [1977] / APPENDICES [ACCESSIBLE]en_US
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dc.publisherJustice Center, University of Alaska Anchorageen_US
dc.subjectAlaska Nativesen_US
dc.subjectbush justiceen_US
dc.subjectdevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectrural justiceen_US
dc.subjectTrans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS)en_US
dc.subjectvillage councilsen_US
dc.titleBush Justice and Development in Alaska: Why Legal Process in Village Alaska Has Not Kept up with Changing Social Needs [original paper]en_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
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