R. Alton Lee

Sunflower Justice (eBook, ePUB)

A New History of the Kansas Supreme Court

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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's political, economic, and social history in this groundbreaking overview of Kansas legal cases and judicial biographies. Beginning with the territorial justices and continuing through the late twentieth century, R. Alton Lee covers the dispossession of Native Americans' land, the growth and impact of labor unions, antimonopoly cases against railroad and mining companies, a nine-year state ban on the movie Birth of a Nation, and implications and effects of desegregation, as well as the shooting of Dr. George Tiller for performing legal abortions. Because judicial decisions are not made in a vacuum, Lee presents each of the justices in the context of the era and their personal experiences before examining how their decisions shaped Kansas political, economic, social, and legal history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780803254114
• Artikelnr.: 40435293

Autorenporträt

R. Alton Lee is a professor emeritus of American history at the University of South Dakota. He is the author of several books, including Farmers vs. Wage Earners: Organized Labor in Kansas, 1860–1960 (Nebraska, 2009) and The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction: Ad Astra Per Aspera
1. The Kingman Court
2. The Chief Justice as Politician
3. The Populist Interlude
4. The Grand Old Man's Court
5. Reaction in the Roaring Twenties
6. The Devastating Depression
7. The Revised Selection System
8. Modernizing the Law
9. Retreat to Conservatism
10. Conclusion
Appendix: Kansas Supreme Court Justices
Notes
Glossary
Index of State Cases Cited
Index of Federal Cases Cited
Index