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Highlights
- This compact history is the first to explore two landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases of the early 1830s: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worcester v. Georgia.
- Author(s): Jill Norgren
- 212 Pages
- Freedom + Security / Law Enforcement, Legal History
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Book Synopsis
This compact history is the first to explore two landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases of the early 1830s: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worcester v. Georgia. Legal historian Jill Norgren details the extraordinary story behind these cases, describing how John Ross and other leaders of the Cherokee Nation, having internalized the principles of American law, tested their sovereignty rights before Chief Justice John Marshall in the highest court of the land. The Cherokees' goal was to solidify these rights and to challenge the aggressive actions that the government and people of Georgia carried out against them under the aegis of law. Written in a style accessible both to students and to general readers, The Cherokee Cases is an ideal guide to understanding the political development of the Cherokee Nation in the early nineteenth century and the tragic outcome of these cases so critical to the establishment of U.S. federal Indian law.
Review Quotes
"Federal Indian law is largely the incidents of American history described in legal language. Norgren has given blood, flesh, and immediacy to the famous John Marshall Cherokee cases, taking them out of the casebooks and law reviews and making them real life situations for us."