The history of Indiana law
By: edited by David J. Bodenhamer and Randall T. Shepard.
Contributors: Bodenhamer, David J.; Shepard, Randall T., 1946-
Series: Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Athens, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9780821416372
Subjects: Law -- Indiana -- History.; Courts -- Indiana -- History.; Justice, Administration of -- Indiana -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The narratives and counternarratives of Indiana legal history / David J. Bodenhamer and Randall T. Shepard; title: Indiana's Constitution in a nation of constitutions / Patrick Baude; title: Race, law, and the burdens of Indiana history / James H. Madison; title: Family law in Indiana : a domestic relations crossroads / Michael Grossberg and Amy Elson; title: The poor you have always with you : the problem of the "sturdy beggar" / Sheila Suess Kennedy; title: "Conspicuously enlightened policy" : criminal justice in Indiana / Susan K. Carpenter; title: Juvenile law : the quest to redeem youthful offenders / Margret G. Robb and Nancy Gettinger; title: From petticoat slavery to equality : women's rights in Indiana law / Virginia Dill McCarty; title: The Indiana bill of rights : two hundred years of civil liberties history / Rebecca S. Shoemaker; title: The uncertain promise of free public schooling / Martha McCarthy and Ran Zhang; title: Indiana courts and lawyers, 1816-2004 / Elizabeth R. Osborn; title: More than arbiters of cases and controversies : the growing impact of the judiciary on Indiana's legal culture / Robert J. Maley and John R. Maley; title: Indiana judges : a portrait of judicial evolution / John G. Baker; title: Political pragmatism and common sense : leading cases of the Indiana Supreme Court / George T. Patton, Jr.; title: The U.S. Supreme Court on circuit in Indiana, 1837-1891 / Allen Sharp.