"Whose Home Is in the Wilderness" -- Law and Anarchy, Virginia County, Federal Territory -- The Coming of the Common Law -- A Frontier Court -- Lawyers and Law Courts -- Law and Politics -- Giants in the Prairie -- Trails of the Circuit Riders -- The Coming of Age -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"A concise legal history of Illinois, Prairie Justice covers the French, British, early-American, and Illinois-statehood periods to 1900. It illustrates the changes over time in the different judicial systems, culminating in the establishment of a unique body of Illinois law"-- Provided by publisher.
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