Sustaining the law
Subtitle: Joseph Smith's legal encounters
By: edited by Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch
Publisher: BYU Studies
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Provo, Utah
Language: eng
Number of pages: 563
ISBN-13: 9781938896705
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Mormons; Legal status, laws; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Joseph Smith and the Constitution / John W. Welch; title: The Smiths and religious freedom : Jesse Smith's 1814 church tax protest / John W. Welch; title: Standing as a credible witness in 1819 / Jeffrey N. Walker; title: Being acquitted of a "disorderly person" charge in 1826 / Gordon A. Madsen; title: Securing the Book of Mormon copyright in 1829 / Nathaniel Hinckley Wadsworth; title: Organizing the church as a religious association in 1830 / David Keith Stott; title: Winning against Hurlbut's assault in 1834 / David W. Grua; title: Performing legal marriages in Ohio in 1835 / M. Scott Bradshaw; title: Looking legally at the Kirtland Safety Society / Jeffrey N. Walker; title: Tabulating the impact of litigation on the Kirtland economy / Gordon A. Madsen; title: Losing land claims and the Missouri conflict in 1838 / Jeffrey N. Walker; title: Imprisonment by Austin King's court of inquiry in 1838 / Gordon A. Madsen; title: Protecting Nauvoo by Illinois charter in 1840 / James L. Kimball Jr; title: Suffering shipwreck and bankruptcy in 1842 and beyond / Joseph I. Bentley; title: Serving as guardian under the Lawrence estate, 1842-1844 / Gordon A. Madsen; title: Invoking habeas corpus in Missouri and Illinois / Jeffrey N. Walker; title: Defining adultery under Illinois and Nauvoo law / M. Scott Bradshaw; title: Legally suppressing the Nauvoo Expositor in 1844 / Dallin H. Oaks.