Prairie Justice : A History of Illinois Courts under French, English, and American Law /

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"A concise legal history of Illinois, Prairie Justice covers the French, British, early-American, and Illinois-statehood periods to 1900. It illustrates the changes over time in the different judicial systems, culminating in the establishment of a unique body of Illinois law"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Severns, Roger L., 1906-1961 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Lupton, John A., 1966- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Courts.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Courts.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Tribunaux > Illinois > Histoire.
Courts > Illinois > History.
Illinois.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Whose Home Is in the Wilderness"
  • Law and Anarchy, Virginia County, Federal Territory
  • The Coming of the Common Law
  • A Frontier Court
  • Lawyers and Law Courts
  • Law and Politics
  • Giants in the Prairie
  • Trails of the Circuit Riders
  • The Coming of Age
  • Epilogue.

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