Law and order in Buffalo Bill's country: legal culture and community on the Great Plains, 1867-1910
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1. Verfasser: Ellis, Mark R. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lincoln University of Nebraska Press c2007
Schriftenreihe:Law in the American West
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-251) and index
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
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 examines legal institutions on the Great Plains
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xix, 262 p., [12] p. of plates)
ISBN:080325802X
9780803258020

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