Table of Contents
Foreword - Gordon Morris Bakken One: A Race of Mountain Men: The
People Two: A Source of Disunity: The Regions Three: A Leadership
of Crisis: The Ascendency of Chota Four: A Rule by Consensus: The
Towns Five: A Family Writ Large: The Clans Six: A Native
Politeness: The Headmen Seven: A Nation's Mouth: The National
Council and Speaker Eight: A Darling Passion: The Law of Coercion
and of Equality Nine: A Right to Vengeance: The Law of Homicide
Ten: A Way of Peace: The Mechanics of Vengeance Eleven: A Touch of
Justice: The Mitigation of Liability Twelve: A Social
Permissiveness: The Law of Marriage Thirteen: An Occupant's Tenure:
The Law of Property Fourteen: A Nephew's Right: The Laws of
Inheritance and Status Fifteen: A Way to War: The Law of the
Nations Sixteen: A Gift of Scalps: The Law of Visitors and
Retaliation Seventeen: A Bloody Hatchet: The War Machine Eighteen:
A Beloved Occupation: The Law of Capture and Adoption Nineteen: A
Path Swept Clean: The Making of Peace Twenty: A Still Hot War: The
Keeping of Peace Twenty-One: A Scolding House: The Cherokee Legal
System Twenty-Two: A Way of Dreaming: The Cherokee Legal Mind
Twenty-Three: A People of Law: The Future Abbreviations Notes
Acknowledgments Index
John Phillip Reid is Professor of Law Emeritus at New York University and the author of numerous books on legal history, including Controlling the Law and The Ancient Constitution and the Origins of Anglo-American Liberty.
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