Sunflower Justice : a New History of the Kansas Supreme Court.
Until recently, American legal historiography focused almost solely on national government. Although much of Kansas law reflects U.S. law, the state court's arbitrary powers over labor-management conflicts, yellow dog contracts, civil rights, gender issues, and domestic relations set precedents...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln [Nebraska] :
University of Nebraska Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Law in the American West
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | Until recently, American legal historiography focused almost solely on national government. Although much of Kansas law reflects U.S. law, the state court's arbitrary powers over labor-management conflicts, yellow dog contracts, civil rights, gender issues, and domestic relations set precedents that reverberated around the country. Sunflower Justice is a pioneering work that presents the history of a state through the use of its supreme court decisions as evidence. R. Alton Lee traces Kansas's legal history through 150 years of records, shedding light on the state' |
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| Item Description: | Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 online resource). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0803254105 9780803254107 0803254113 9780803254114 |
