Zion in the Courts A Legal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1830-1900

Name: Zion in the Courts A Legal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1830-1900
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ISBN: 9780252069802

ISBN-10: 0252069803

ISBN-13: 9780252069802

Edition: 2001

Authors: Edwin Brown Firmage, Richard Collin Mangrum

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Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 5/17/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Reflections on Mormon History


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Early Mormon Legal Experience



Zion and the State



The Mormon Ecclesiastical Court System



Early Trials in New York and Ohio



Persecution in Missouri



The Illinois Period



A Turbulent Coexistence: Church and State Relations in Utah



The Early Attack on Polygamy



The Decisive Attack on Polygamy



The War against Mormon Society



The Ecclesiastical Court System in the Great Basin



Mormon Law, Gentile Law



Refinements in the Mormon Judiciary



Mormon Land Policy and Church Courts



Mormon Water Law and Dispute Resolution



Domestic Conflict and Church Courts



Contract Disputes and Church Courts



Tortious Conduct and Church Courts


Epilogue


Abbreviations


Notes


Bibliography


Index