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Distinguishing the Righteous from the Roguish
J. W. Looney
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Description for Distinguishing the Righteous from the Roguish
Hardback. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBWJ; JFS; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
During the period from 1836 to 1874, the legal system in the new state of Arkansas developed amid huge social change. While the legislature could, and did, determine what issues were considered of importance to the populace, the Arkansas Supreme Court determined the efficacy of legislation in cases involving land titles, banks, transportation, slavery, family law, property, debt, contract, criminal law, and procedure.
Distinguishing the Righteous from the Roguish examines the court’s decisions in this era and shows how Arkansas, as a rural slave-holding state, did not follow the transformational patterns typical of some other states during the nineteenth century. Rather ... Read moreProduct Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press United States
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
Number of Pages
285
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781682260043
SKU
V9781682260043
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99-15
About J. W. Looney
J. W. Looney is a retired judge for the Arkansas Eighteenth West Judicial Circuit and emeritus distinguished professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law where he also served as dean and was founding director of the graduate program in agricultural law.
Reviews for Distinguishing the Righteous from the Roguish
“J. W. Looney knows more about antebellum Arkansas’s supreme court and its jurisprudence than anyone alive. Thank goodness we now have that knowledge in one volume. Distinguishing the Righteous from the Roguish will be an incredibly valuable resource for scholars of Arkansas history and the law.” —Michael Pierce, associate professor of history, University of Arkansas