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According to Joseph W. Singer, a professor at Harvard Law School (HLS), if Means loses he will sue the Navajo Nation Supreme Court in federal court, claiming they again that they do not have jurisdiction over...
This law makes Means subject to the jurisdiction of the Navajo judicial system...
...Navajo courts are found not to have jurisdiction, then it is still not clear who does, Singer said...
According to Wenona T. Singel, a third-year student at HLS who is vicechair of the Native American Law Students Association, part of the problem lies in misconceptions about the Navajo judicial process...
...People need to recognize that the jurisprudence of the Navajo Supreme Court incorporates Navajo tradition, practice and common law rather than relying on strictly American law," Singel said...