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Unequal laws unto a savage race : European legal traditions in Arkansas, 1686-1836 /

This work chronicles the legal institutions of colonial Arkansas and examines the social and economic characteristics of Arkansas' earliest residents.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Arnold, Morris S.
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 1985.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • French legal foundations, 1686-1766
  • The civil law in Spanish Arkansas, 1766-1804
  • The influence of the church in Eighteenth-century Arkansas Fin de Siècle
  • The first American legal system in Arkansas, 1804-1812
  • The professionalization of the Arkansas legal system and the obliteration of Civil-Law traditions, 1812-1836
  • Conclusion.