Legislation on the American Frontier
Author : William Wirt Blume
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 49,27 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Law
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Author : William Wirt Blume
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 49,27 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Law
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Author : Jon Garate
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,3 MB
Release : 2024-03-15
Category : History
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This book is about American frontier liberty and the customary law that makes it possible to live without any government intrusions into the lives of the people. "American Frontier Liberty" is about self-governing at its most basic and pure form. The author spent the first twenty years of his life on a homestead cattle ranch in a frontier community that was isolated from the rest of the world. In this community, the people governed themselves by a little-known law officially known as consuetudinary law, or customary law. This law is based on people living by customs and traditions rather than written enforceable laws. There are no government intrusions, government enforcement officials, mayor, policeman, judge, or lawyer. Customary law develops naturally as people live by customs and traditions. They live the traditions because they choose to. Think of a community where there are no written rules or regulations and no permits of any kind; where people abide by the traditions because they help keep peace in the community. They live by traditions because it is the right thing to do. It isn't easy to live this way, it requires taking responsibility for one's actions, wants, and needs. It requires people to work together to solve their problems and settle their disputes. In principle, customary law requires people to be honest, be good neighbors, do their own share of the work, and for the adults to teach the traditions to the children. These four principles are the foundation of any customary law. This is the kind of community that the author lived in. He tells the stories of his own generation, his father's generation, and his grandfather's generation, and how they applied the law to live peacefully for generations. Learn what it was like to live off the land without the benefit of modern conveniences. The high desert region of northeast California and northwest Nevada, where it was miles between houses and where modern civilization was a world away, sets the scene for Garate's story. The area is known as the Madeline Plains, and the community involved is located at the very southern end of the Plains. The author has lived through all stages of the evolution of liberty in America from its purest from on the frontier to where it is today. His personal experiences with liberty give him a unique, entertaining perspective on the subject. You won't want to miss out on this wealth of knowledge.
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Page : 614 pages
File Size : 22,36 MB
Release : 1924
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Author : Steven G. Loertscher
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Page : 80 pages
File Size : 22,29 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Admission to the bar
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Author : William C. Davis
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,95 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806131290
The author of "The Fighting Men of the Civil War" now masterfully chronicles the grand history of the territory beyond the Mississippi, with particular attention to exploration, expansion, conflict, and settlement.
Author : Vernon T. Veggeberg
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Page : 338 pages
File Size : 17,37 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Cheyenne Indians
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Author : Stuart BANNER
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 26,84 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0674020537
Between the early 17th century and the early 20th, nearly all U.S. land was transferred from American Indians to whites. Banner argues that neither simple coercion nor simple consent reflects the complicated legal history of land transfers--time, place, and the balance of power between Indians and settlers decided the outcome of land struggles.
Author : Ilia Murtazashvili
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 45,59 MB
Release : 2013-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107019125
Demonstrates why claim clubs are perhaps the most important explanation for the origins of and change in property institutions during an important period in American history.
Author : John Probasco McWilliams
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Page : pages
File Size : 13,35 MB
Release : 1968
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Author : Frederick Jackson Turner
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 31,37 MB
Release : 1984
Category : History
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Frederick Jackson Turner (1861-1932) was an American historian. He was a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin (1890-1910) and Harvard (1910-1922). He is best known for this work on the frontier in American history in which he emphasized the importance of the frontier in shaping the American character. The work was first published on July 12, 1893, in a paper read in Chicago to the American Historical Association during the Chicago World's Fair.