“And the Navajo Nation’s judicial system is distinguished by quality as well as by scope.”She then quoted at length from the Harvard Project from 1999 in awarding honors to the Navajo judiciary, noting:
“[The judiciary's] innovative legal system is independent, fair, responsive, and consistent with the Nation’s culture and traditions.”Get the Story:
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