Unequal laws unto a savage race : European legal traditions in Arkansas, 1686-1836 / Morris S. Arnold
1985, First Edition. Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #397306
ISBN: 1610754425
Physical description: xviii, 243 pages ; illustrations; 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: French legal foundations, 1686-1766 -- The civil law in Spanish Arkansas, 1766-1804 -- The influence of the church in Eighteenth-century Arkansas Fin de Siècle -- The first American legal system in Arkansas, 1804-1812 -- The professionalization of the Arkansas legal system and the obliteration of Civil-Law traditions, 1812-1836 -- Conclusion. Subjects: Law Arkansas History; Law Arkansas History and criticism; United States, Arkansas Law and legislation.
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