Chapter IV - The Brehon Laws 1. The Brehons Law formed a most important factor both in public and private life in ancient Ireland. The native legal system, as briefly outlined in this chapter, existed in its fullness before the ninth century. It was somewhat disturbed by the Danish and Anglo-Norman invasions, and still more by the English settlement; but it continued in use till finally abolished in the beginning of the seventeenth century. In this short chapter I merely attempt a popular sket ...

Selections from LAWS OF THE CHEROKEE NATION Source: LAWS OF THE CHEROKEE NATION, from a facsimile of the 1852 edition, produced by Legal Classics Library, a Division of Gryphon Editions, of New York, New York. For more information (and more sites) on the Cherokee Nation, see these interesting sites: Cherokee Nation and Tallige Cherokee Nation The Quotes: Whereas, it appears in the prints of the public newspapers that in consequence of the earnest so ...

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