The Cherokee Cases: The Confrontation of Law and Politics [Paperback]

Jill Norgren (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0070471916 | ISBN-13: 978-0070471917 | Publication Date: 1996 | Edition: 1st

"The Cherokee Cases" is a legal history that examines two seminal Supreme Court cases of the early 1830s: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worchester v. Georgia. Including this study in a series devoted to landmark decisions of the Supreme Court, acknowledges their importance in establishing the legal doctrine of the United States. Norgren's objective was to illuminate the role of these cases not only in legal doctrine, but also in the political development of the Cherokee Republic and the United States of America. As such, this study should be of interest to students of legal history, United States constitutional law and political development, as well as to those with a more general interest in Native American and American Studies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 212 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1st edition (1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070471916
• ISBN-13: 978-0070471917
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,408,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars First-rate introduction to American Indian law & policy, July 4, 1998

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An excellent, brief, and well-written and researched melding of politics and history, focusing on the first major constitutional crisis of the new American republic. Professor Norgren correctly concludes that the principled and persistent effort of the Cherokees should be a shining example for all American Indians (and non-Indians) to follow in the quest to maintain and expand fundamental human rights. The larger question that still faces Americans today is why has the U.S. political system been unable to find a way of incorporating cultural or national diversity within the constitutional framework of a federal republic, and instead chosen to remove, marginalize, assimilate or terminate Native Americans?