Description |
1 online resource (xix, 262 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Law in the American West |
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Law in the American West.
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Contents |
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 |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-251) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Justice, Administration of -- Nebraska -- History -- 19th century
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Justice, Administration of -- Nebraska -- Lincoln County -- History -- 19th century
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Crime -- Nebraska -- Lincoln County -- History -- 19th century
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Law enforcement -- Nebraska -- Lincoln County -- History -- 19th century
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Municipal courts -- Nebraska -- Lincoln County -- History -- 19th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Crime
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Justice, Administration of
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Law enforcement
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Municipal courts
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Verbrechen
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Strafvollzug
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Justiz
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SUBJECT |
Lincoln County (Neb.) -- History -- 19th century
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Nebraska
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Nebraska -- Lincoln County
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Nebraska
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Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780803258020 |
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080325802X |
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1281092207 |
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9781281092205 |
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9786611092207 |
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661109220X |
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