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“Rural Courts in Alaska : Keeping Peace – The Melding of Western and Native Values and Procedures”

Rieger, Lisa
June 4, 2015

Source: (1994) Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. 10(2): 123-134

This article explores the melding of traditional Native and
western values in rural state magistrate courts and village tribal
courts. Whether Native personnel function in the state system or
in tribal courts based on western models, “peacekeeping”
techniques consonant with Native values manage disputes in
small community settings.

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