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Sunflower justice : a new history of the Kansas Supreme Court / R. Alton Lee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, R. Alton.
- Series:
- Law in the American West
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Courts of last resort--Kansas--History.
- Courts of last resort.
- Kansas. Supreme Court--History.
- Kansas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (690 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln [Nebraska] : University of Nebraska Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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'
- Contents:
- The kingman court
- The chief justice as politician
- The populist interlude
- The grand old court
- Reaction in the roaring twenties
- The devastating depression
- The revised selection system
- Modernizing the law
- Retreat to conservatism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780803254114
- 0803254113
- 9780803254107
- 0803254105
- OCLC:
- 869519533
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