Sunflower Justice : a New History of the Kansas Supreme Court.

By:

Lee, R. Alton

Material type: Text

TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Lincoln [Nebraska] : University of Nebraska Press, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (1 online resource)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0803254105
9780803254107
0803254113
9780803254114

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

347.7 23

LOC classification:

KFK512

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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.

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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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