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Winner, ISHS Superior Achievement Award for a Scholarly Publication, 2016 A concise legal history of Illinois through the end of the nineteenth century, Prairie Justice covers the region's progression from French to British to early American legal systems, which culminated in a unique body of Illinois law that has influenced other jurisdictions. Written by Roger L. Severns in the 1950s and published in serial form in the 1960s, Prairie Justice is available now for the first time as a book, thanks to the work of editor John A. Lupton, an Illinois and legal historian who also contributed an introduction. Illinois' legal development demonstrates the tension between two completely different European legal systems, between river communities and prairie towns, and between agrarian and urban interests. Severns uses several rulings--including a reconstitution of the Supreme Court in 1824, slavery-related cases, and the impeachment of a Supreme Court justice--to examine political movements in Illinois and their impact on the local judiciary. Through legal decisions, the Illinois judiciary became an independent, co-equal branch of state government. By the mid-nineteenth century, Illinois had

Who reads Prairie Justice : A History of Illinois Courts under French, English, and American Law?

Author

Roger L. Severns; John A. Lupton; Dennis Rendleman

Publisher

Southern Illinois University Press, Southern Illinois University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780809333707

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Law, Humanities