Table of Contents

Preface Regional Legal History and the Great Plains Toward a Legal History of the Great Plains by John R. Wunder The Legal Culture of the Great Plains by Kermit L. Hall Landmark Cases of the Great Plains German Victims and American Oppressors: The Background and Legacy of Meyer v. Nebraska by Paul Finkelman A Kansan Looks at Brown by Michael S. Mayer The Railroad Question Revisited: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway v. Minnesota and Constitutional Limits on State Regulations by James W. Ely, Jr. Legalists of the Great Plains Practicing What You Preach Against? Karl Llewellyn, Legal Realism, and The Cheyenne Way by Scott Landers William Jennings Bryan's Law Practice by Andrew Koszewski Judiciaries of the Great Plains Observations on One Hundred Years of Federal Judging in Western Missouri District Court by Lawrence H. Larsen Tribal Courts: Constitutional Decision Making and an Opportunity for Transformation by Frank Pommersheim Appendix Index

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The first book about the legal history of the Great Plains written by highly respected American scholars who challenge existing theories.

About the Author

JOHN R. WUNDER is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the author of Retained by The People: A History of American Indians and the Bill of Rights (1994), Inferior Courts, Superior Justice: Justices of the Peace on the Northwest Frontier, 1853-1889 (Greenwood, 1979), and other books and articles.

Reviews

"These diverse essays are effectively made into a coherent whole by the editor's introduction and section prefaces....[This book] will greatly stimulate the interest of legal historians."-The American Journal of Legal History

?These diverse essays are effectively made into a coherent whole by the editor's introduction and section prefaces....[This book] will greatly stimulate the interest of legal historians.?-The American Journal of Legal History