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Law and order in Buffalo Bill's country : legal culture and community on the Great Plains, 1867-1910 /

Celebrated accounts of lawless towns that relied on the extra-legal justice of armed citizens and hired gunmen are part of the enduring cultural legacy of the American West. This work presents a case study of law and legal culture in Lincoln County, Nebraska, during the nineteenth century. It also e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ellis, Mark R.
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007.
Colección:Law in the American West.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : State of Nebraska v. John Burley
  • Buffalo Bill's country : Lincoln County, Nebraska, and its crime
  • Conservators of the peace : sheriffs, deputies, and railroad detectives
  • Receptacles of crime : jails, reformatories, and the state penitentiary
  • Regulating a Great Plains railroad town : police courts, municipal ordinances, and the North Platte police force
  • Temples of justice : criminal courts and their officers
  • Hanging out the shingle : lawyers and legal communities on the Great Plains
  • Conclusion : law and order in Buffalo Bill's country.