The Cherokee Cases: Two Landmark Federal Decisions in the Fight for Sovereignty

by Jill Norgren

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806136065
• ISBN13: 9780806136066
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"