Traditional Athabascan Law Ways and Their Relationship to Contemporary Problems of "Bush Justice": Some Preliminary Observations on Structure and Function.

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Hippler, Arthur E.
Conn, Stephen
Keyword
Alaska Court System
Alaska Natives
anthropology
bush justice
courts
legal anthropology
magistrates
rural justice
traditional law ways
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http://hdl.handle.net/11122/9782
Abstract
This paper is directed toward helping achieve a better understanding of traditional law ways among Alaska's Athabascan Indians and of the present state of the administration of law in the "bush"-village Alaska. An outgrowth of the 1970 Bush Justice Conference sponsored by the Alaska Judicial Council, the paper's primary purpose is to help facilitate establishment of more appropriate delivery and administration of legal services for ethnically distinct populations of Alaska.
Table of Contents
Introduction / Traditional Athabascan Culture / Social Organization and Leadership / Values and Their Relationship to Law Ways / Athabascan Law Ways — The Philosophical Basis / The Pragmatic Structure and Operation of Athabascan Law Ways / Major Offenses and Their Resolution (Adultery, Theft, Murder) / Summary of Athabascan Law Ways / Law Ways and Culture Change / Past and Present Law Ways: Some Disjunctions / References
Date
1972-08
Source
ISEGR Occasional Papers
Publisher
Institute of Social, Economic and Government Research, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Hippler, Arthur E.; & Conn, Stephen. (1972). Traditional Athabascan Law Ways and Their Relationship to Contemporary Problems of "Bush Justice": Some Preliminary Observations on Structure and Function. ISEGR Occasional Papers #7. Fairbanks, AK: Institute of Social, Economic and Government Research, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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