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Sex, murder & the unwritten law : gender and judicial mayhem, Texas style / Bill Neal ; foreword by Gordon Morris Bakken.
Neal, Bill, 1936-
2009
KF221.M8 N433 2009 (Map It)
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Author
Neal, Bill, 1936-
Title
Sex, murder & the unwritten law : gender and judicial mayhem, Texas style / Bill Neal ; foreword by Gordon Morris Bakken.
Published
Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Call Number
KF221.M8 N433 2009
Spine Title
Sex, murder, and the unwritten law
ISBN
9780896726628 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0896726622 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Description
xvi, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)318672893
Summary
"Six Texas trials from 1896 to 1968 illuminate how "unwritten law" permitted violence toward offenders of Southern notions of female virtue, male honor, or sanctity of marriage. Explores the maneuvers of defense lawyers who managed to extricate guilty clients when there appeared no legal basis for a defense"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-270) and index.
Series
American liberty & justice.
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Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
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